RE: Name Changes -- MIDRANGE-L

First, if we're equating 'legacy' with 'old', Windows is more legacy
than OS/400.  Windows 1.0 was released in 1984 so it pre-dates OS/400 by
4 years.

Second, an AS/400 and an i5 are easily compared.  A 7xx model AS/400 can
run V5R3 and all of the R3 LPPs, can LPAR, can run IxS cards, can
support LTO tape drives, and basically runs the exact same software that
runs on an i5.  As with all newer platforms, the i5 mostly just improves
the hardware.  Existing capabilities are enhanced: LPAR capabilities
(AIX, Linux, 'micro' partitioning), faster IxS cards, better console
options, better form factor, etc. 
 
The only ways an AS/400 can't be compared to an i5 is if your
application requires V5R4 functionality or if you're using one of the
more obscure hardware components that isn't available for the 7xx
generation.

I don't want to start a holy war or anything, but I just don't see how
you can say there's no comparing the two.  And personally, I don't care
what the machine is called as long as the name itself doesn't change.
I'm barely getting my IT coworkers who don't work on the platform to
recognize 'iSeries' as synonymous with 'AS/400'.  So what do I do now?
Keep going with iSeries as that's what we have or start using System i
in the hope that we eventually upgrade to the latest hardware
generation.

John A. Jones, CISSP
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Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:22 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Name Changes

One may like (even collect) vintage cars, but one rarely drives one to
work.  I've got a "vintage" Baby/36 (5362).  It'll still run but mostly
I use it as an end table.


The term "legacy" is inaccurate when used in conjunction with 'iSeries' 
or 'System i'.  By using this term we capitulate; we are as much as
admitting that it is legacy (old fashioned, vintage, whatever).  In
short, you're playing by someone's rules and definitions.


Every system has its heritage.  Ours is the AS/400 (and S/38, etc.).  
That's not a bad thing, but it's history.  Comparing the System i5 to an
AS/400 (and equating the two as being the same thing) makes as much
sense as comparing Windows 2000 or XP to Windows 3.1 or DOS. 


Personally, I don't use a legacy (aka AS/400) system.  I program and
design applications on a state-of-the-art System i5.  And I don't let
the opposition/competition define terms for me. 


        * Jerry C. Adams
*IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Since we i people are perceived as legacy by the M$ world, maybe we 
>should start to point out that our system is Vintage.
>
>Who doesn't like Vintage cars? Vintage wine? Vintage clothes? Vintage 
>guitars? Vintage boats?  Vintage homes (ie 100 yr old victorian style 
>or farmhouses)? etc...
>
>As for RPG - yes it can be Vintage and it is also very modern too - 
>just as a 100 year old farm house can have air conditioning, indoor 
>plumbing and broadband.
>
>Perception is reality, but without looking under the hood, those who 
>don't can't see the forest for the trees.
>
>Regards, Jerry
>
>Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
>Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
>IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
>The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
>4235 Secor Road
>Toledo, OH 43623-4299
>Phone 419-479-5535
>gkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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