I tend to call it IBM i as well, but as mentioned earlier, the naming choice is poor for search engine results. I'd also like to add that it's poor for mobile - modern autocorrect systems replace i with I consistently, making it harder to properly spell the name. Even Outlook/Office365 does this nowadays...
I usually tend to switch over to AS/400 for search results - search result quality when trying to look up just about anything is much higher. Another thing is that AS/400 has much better brand recognition; more people know what an AS/400 is but not what 'an i' is.
And re: green screen being outdated; I see terminals everywhere. PowerShell or Linux SSH sessions are very common where I work, and Windows Server 2019 now does not install the Windows Explorer UX anymore by default unless you tell it explicitly to do so. I've always appreciated TN5250-based UIs.
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jack Woehr
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:44 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: AS/400 vs. IBM i
I think the next version should be *IBM
ScrewYouAllWeAreKeepingTheBigIronNyahHaHaNowGoAwayAndLetUsPlay*.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 11:42 AM B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the next name should be the IBM " " (yes, just a space). That
should make Google hits even easier.
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