RE: Did we have another name change?

["Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

THANK YOU, TREVOR!!!  Well said.  I can't add anything to this other
than a round of applause.

--
Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer
IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5
Kingland Systems Corporation

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+justin.haase=kingland.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+justin.haase=kingland.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 10:18 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Did we have another name change?

There have been only two name changes since 1988. How is that going too
far? 
rEdiculous?

I think your email was very negative and is the kind of attitude that
prevails among the AS/400 so-called faithful. What I am excited about is
that the System i family name allows us to be ONE family again -
inclusive of AS/400, iSeries and System i5 servers. Adopt it. Be
positive. Embrace this change, since you won't have to worry for quite
some time. IBM has committed to us that this name change is a way for
GMs - like Mark Shearer - to stop worrying about the impact of a name
change, have a consistent message to work with and focus on the family
and its growth.

The time is NOW. System i is OUR family. If you choose to embrace it, we
have a future. If not, we will remain schizophrenic and disconnected.
Come home, Lassie.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Adams"
Subject: Re: Did we have another name change?


> Regardless, "i" think they've gone too far. Especially when the
primary
> users (us), don't know what to call it anymore!  And, if we don't know

> what
> to call, how is the general public going to know what to call it, or
even
> what "it" is?
> How in the ____  are we supposed to keep up? And then what are we
supposed
> to put on our resume?
> It's gotten to the point of being rediculous!
>
> I don't mean to rant, but I'm just frustrated at IBM and the name game
> they're playing. I'm really starting to believe the old addage that
they
> really are IDIOTS BEHIND MACHINES!  Maybe I'm wrong in my thinking,
but I
> really don't see businesses rushing out to buy this machine  because
of 
> the
> new (cool) name, I think they'll buy it because it runs the
applications
> they need and supports their business.
>
> Anybody else?
>
> Ron