Re: AS/400 Server

Booth,

IBM replaced AS400,iSeries,System i with Power Systems in 2008 (5 years
ago now). Power Systems was a replacement for System i and System p,
similar to the AS/400 being a replacement for S/36 and S/38. When AS/400
was announced, did you call it a S/36 or a S/38? No? Then why would you do
the same for Power Systems.

At the same time, our operating system (named i5/OS at the time, but
previously OS/400) was modified to be able to run on the new Power Systems
hardware. Parts of the functionality in the OS were moved to the
virtualization layer, and the OS was branded to suit the NEW platform upon
which is was now running with AiX and LiNUX.

Since then, IBM i has evolved far beyond the capacity of OS/400 on an
AS/400. For there to be constant complaints about what IBM called it, why
it cannot be googled, why it is such a bad name, and for there to be
constant misuse and confusion about the branding, simply means that our
community remains disconnected. One group will continue to move further
back into the AS/400 cave, while the other moves forward with IBM as they
continue to make IBM i the best business OS on the planet.

DO you really think IBM's marketing would consider your marketing skills
to be superior to theirs? In any sense of branding or marketing, IBM i on
Power Systems is here to stay. Whining about it won't change it, just show
your own inability to evolve.

Trevor



On 5/7/13 1:16 PM, "Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

grrrrr..... Last post on this, I promise.

IBM equates to GM, not to Chevrolet. Oldsmobile disappeared, not GM.

Another point: Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and Buick all share much of the
same hardware. Sound familiar?

On 5/7/2013 12:13 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

On Tue, 07 May 2013, at 12:54 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On the other hand, the fact is that you drove Chevrolets. Those are
all
Chevrolets. They are unique models within GM, but they are all
Chevrolets.

No Booth - they were Chevrolet Impalas or ?

The Chevrolet part of the name equates to IBM. It was an IBM AS/400 -
it is now an IBM i. No change.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

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