Re: Did we have another name change?

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

It appears IBM subscribes to a corollary of (2).
(2a) A new name implies new technology.
(2b) The newer the name, the newer the technology.


Lou Forlini wrote:
> At 3:43 PM -0500 4/10/06, Trevor Perry wrote:
>> Everybody around here calls it an AS/400 because of (1) familiarity, not
>> grammar, and (2) they are afraid of learning new technology - and calling it
>> the old name, and using it the old way means no change of underwear.
> 
>     I certainly plead "guilty" to (1), but I laugh openly at the 
> generalization you proceed to at (2).  I am not "afraid" of new 
> technology, but only weary of wasting resources on learning your 
> constantly-changing aliases.
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     - Lou Forlini
>       Software Engineer
>       System Support Products, Inc.