Re: eServer iSeries or i5?

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The decision to rename the iSeries as the i5 was done in haste.  The
decision was made less than one month prior to GA.  It's rumored (and I
have NOT verified) that IBM has trademarks on i6, i7, l8 and i9.  Don't ask
me, I just work here, on the best system in the world.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

"i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
e gads

Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!

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OK, I didn't attend common, but I'm reading my copy of Insider Weekly
and I see some Q&As from the Town Hall meeting. So,

Q: How do we educate about name change, everyone calls it an AS/400.
A: "... iSeries is the name, so correct everyone..." -- Peter Bingaman,
VP Marketing, IBM Somers

Hmmmm, but I thought the new new name was i5, so off to ibm.com/iseries
I go and the top of the page says "Midrange Servers: iSeries", but the
title of the page says "IBM Midrange Servers - eServer i5 and iSeries",
the Featured topics section starts "IBM eServer iSeries is a
premier...", but the green "Consolidation without disruption" case study
above that section says "IBM eServer i5 helps..."

So, what IS the name of the box? Are there two boxes? Peter seems to be
rather sure that it's an iSeries, but I'm not sure the rest of IBM is
under the same opinion.

-Walden

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