Re: AS/400 vs. IBM i

You do realize that IBM i has been the current name for longer than iSeries ever existed and next year will have been the current name longer than any other?

Look it up!

This "constant name change" complaint has L-O-N-G ago worn out.

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On 10/23/2019 1:36 PM, James H. H. Lampert wrote:

On 10/23/19 10:14 AM, DrFranken wrote:

To me it is this one thing: When others hear you say "IBM i" or "Power Systems" they expect you to be up to date with the current technology of the machine. To be able to leverage it for success now and forward.

I'm afraid I have to differ a bit.

Micros****** has been using the same name for its flagship OS since before it was an actual OS (and was only a UI and protected mode extension for DOS). Even though the present version of WinDoze is not even remotely like WinDoze 286.

Likewise, Apple has been calling its flagship computer line "Macintosh" since the days when it was a 68000-based smaller, cheaper successor to its failed "Lisa," even though its original OS was first ported from 68xxx architecture to PowerPC architecture, then completely replaced by a BSD fork, which was then, in turn, ported to x86 architecture, and there probably isn't a single program written for the original Mac 128 that can run on any Mac made in the past decade or more. And it's been calling its OS "MacOS" ever since MacOS 8.0 replaced "System 7."

And yet it seems like IBM changes the name of its Midrange line more often than some people change their underwear, and worse, changing it to something that produces more false positives than genuine hits on Google (or any other search engine).

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JHHL