Re: AS/400 vs. IBM i

One thing that is true is that the users will call it whatever they see
when they use it. We use an ERP from a company that insists on having the
company name (and not the application name) on every screen. So? Users say
"Hey, did you check $CompanyName for the data?" or "What status does
$CompanyName has for that order?".
So yes, branding is important. And if you want to help the platform stay in
the hearts and minds of the users, you should make it somehow visible.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 9:28 AM Tom Deskevich <TDeskevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thank you all for making an otherwise boring Wednesday afternoon very
entertaining with your posts.
We put IBM eyes (joke) into a server rooms against the will of IT staff
to run our software.
They only had one mission, get that box out of our sever room. It usually
took years, but in every case it was gone.
I mention that because of all the conversation, the one thing that struck
me was to offer respect to the individual.
Let's say somebody in the scenario above puts a post out and it states
that they have no knowledge of the (gulp) AS/400 and are asking some basic
questions.
Instead of getting the help they need they are jumped on about what to
call that box that everybody hates there.
Applying the golden rule would be nice when answering posts. Or if you are
not a Jesus freak like me, pretend the person's beloved dog died that day
when you answer them.
Thanks for reading this.





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