RE: Re: Did we have another name change?

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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   7. Re: Did we have another name change? (Trevor Perry)
>
>There have been only two name changes since 1988. How is that going too far? 
>rEdiculous?

Trevor:

Generally, I agree. In fact, I almost wrote the same reply as you did and as I 
have in the past. But I realized that I almost missed the almost hidden 
question --

>>   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?

I'm not sure that the name change is the problem. As you said, this is only the 
second change in almost 20 years. The problem is the confusion among the users 
of the system.

This is an area that IBM has failed in its approach. Somehow "we" are confused. 
IBM's inability to keep "us" clear in our own minds is regularly evident.

Tom Liotta


>----- 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?