RE: Lower End AS/400s

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Justin Haase
>
> Apparently I touched a nerve.  I'll just be quiet and continue dooming the
> existence of the machines.
>
> By the way, if we're wanting to 'live in the now,' you (and everyone else
> for that matter) should probably start calling them iSeries, which is what
> all new boxes coming off the line are labeled.  If anything makes
> them seem
> antiquated, it's people continuing to call them by their 1988 name.

If the name meant something, I might.

iSeries isn't a machine name, it's a marketing name.  AS/400 is the machine
name that signified the move from S/38 and CPF to AS/400 and OS/400.
iSeries has no such meaning.  Marketing names are hype, just like buzzwords
such as "platform independence".  They add nothing, confuse the issue, and
in the end contribute to the loss of brand recognition and product loyalty,
something the AS/400 gets and deserves, and something damn few other
platforms can boast.

The people who came up with "iSeries" don't have a clue what an AS/400 is.
They think it's a big RS/6000 (or maybe a little S/390?).

Joe