RE: Platform name

<<until we write IBM i everywhere>>

Physician, heal thyself. Look at your employer's web site.

My machine is called Eddie. :-)

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 2:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Platform name

Bob,

You may be confusing two things. One is the actual hardware you use, and
the other is the platform. The platform, which is represented by the
current OS branding, is IBM i. Since every server out there will
eventually upgrade to a Power Systems server, where they will run IBM i,
it does not make sense to continue to use the old vernacular in public,
unless specifically referring to an individual piece of hardware.

The other issue with not calling it IBM i is perception. If we talk about
the platform as any of the old branding, then the perception is that the
entire platform is old. Using IBM i helps the community understand that
the platform is modern, and has some major features and functionalities
beyond what as AS/400, iSeries, System i can do.

The catch-22, until we write IBM i everywhere, we simply won't be able to
google it. On the other hand, we won't be able to google things like Live
Partition Mobility or USB support without using IBM i. Sooner than later,
the AS/400 information will be so far out of date to be useless ~most~ of
the time.

As for sniping, while I have tried to back off from posting in that vein,
have you noticed how the reverse is now the trend. People can post nice
notes about the current platform name, and then some old codger will
complain about IBM's marketing, how IBM i is a crappy name, how you cannot
use it in Word or google, and so on. If the sniping must stop, then the
whining needs to stop. We cannot live on excuses any more, it is time to
modernize all our skills, including vernacular.

Trevor



On 5/8/13 3:00 PM, "Bob Cagle" <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'll chime in, FWIW: I will continue to call 'my' machine what it
actually is, which at this time is an i5 520. Until I upgrade to a new
machine, I will continue to refer to the platform that I am on, which is
System i.

Also, it is my wish that anytime someone refers to the platform as
something other than what IBM is *currently selling*, that everyone
refrain from the sarcastic snipes/remarks that generally say 'that's not
what it's called!'. Not everyone is using a brand new machine!

Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk, Inc.

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From: CRPence

On 08 May 2013 08:42, Buck Calabro wrote:

<<SNIP>> can someone explain to me the business value of us on this
list continuing to use antique jargon to describe the modern platform?

I can not. But for most messages of a remotely technical nature,
including a Version, Release, and perhaps also a Modification level
[e.g. V7R1M0 or 7.1] would be beneficial for clarify, *regardless* of
any /antique jargon/ included in a message. For example if one writes
[for whatever reason\excuse], that they are using an AS/400 with v7r1,
then as long as the topic is not hardware, then why should anyone care?
The pertinent detail is there, the software release for the implied
OS, and so it should be easy enough to ignore\overlook the
[poorly\incorrectly] chosen nomenclature. Of course those who make
snide remarks like "my AS/400, or whatever IBM chooses to call the
system this week," deserve every harsh retort they might receive, even
if I desire that everyone would refrain from such sniping, and just snip
such inane commentary from any quoted text they include in their
replies.

I also can not see any *technical* aspect of the system being
discussed in this thread [or threads, per the multiple "Subject:"; the
OP with subject "AS/400 Server" was even threaded within another
entirely unrelated discussion topic <ugh>], nor any technical question
that was originally asked in\by the OP. Of course the archives seem
rarely to thread my replies properly, so my message will probably stand
alone as an apparent new message, with a "Re:" subject. <sigh>

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Regards, Chuck
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