Re: Is DB2/400 still the correct terminology fo DB2 on the IBM i?

[PaultinNZ <paultormey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Could you share that " ... the memo for management to understand
how to explain our system
​"​ ?

I was just discussing this with a couple of colleagues yesterday and still
battle getting people to change.

Would appreciate that.

Thanks
Paul

On 23 September 2015 at 14:47, midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> DB2/400 is ancient. So is DB2 for i5/OS and DB2 UDB (Universal Database)
> for
> iSeries
>
> It is "DB2 for i " (at least for V7.1 and 7.2 - over 5 years)
> although if I am ever talking to a non-Power i person, a trading partner, I
> call it just "DB2".
>
> Home page
> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/db2/
>
> IBM has many DB2 products for various platforms
>
> DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows
> DB2  on Cloud
> DB2 for i               <so what is wrong with this name?>
> DB2 for z/OS
> DB2 Server for VSE & VM
> DB2 Spatial Extender for Linux, Unix and Windows
> Spatial Support for DB2 for z/OS
> DB2 BLU Acceleration
>
> DB2 was originally IBM Database 2 in 1983 for MVS mainframe
> We have thousands of customers accessing our system via a web interface (C#
> and Win front end). No one calls it "AS/400" - management forbids it
> (potential customers turn away or label us as "old" if we do). It is "Power
> i " and the database is DB2.. I wrote the memo for management to understand
> how to explain our system. Even 20 year employees get it... we replaced an
> old floor model (a Power 5) with a rack system (Power 7+), called it "Power
> i", and it's "new!".
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Glenn
> Gundermann
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:19 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Is DB2/400 still the correct terminology fo DB2 on the IBM i?
>
> Same here.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sender: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Date: Tue, 22 Sep
> 2015
> 15:12:29
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Is DB2/400 still the correct terminology fo DB2 on the IBM i?
>
> We just call it an IBM I and refer to the database as db2.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
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