Re: MSFT video demos Host Integration Server

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trevor Perry wrote:
> Aha!! But they DID choose System i!!

No they didn't.  They chose AS/400.

> The easy part is that "System i" is a brand name that includes the server
> hardware that is currently called System i5, and the previous generations of
> AS/400 and iSeries servers.

Brand?  Ford is a brand, Escape is a product (which has a hybrid
version).  Toyota is a brand, Prius is a product.

IBM is the brand ... AS/400 is the product, iSeries is the product,
System i is the product.

> Branding! Marketing! Something programmers complain about, but apparently
> remain uneducated about!

I don't think programmers are uneducated about branding & marketing ...
as they are the targets of the IBM branding & marketing.

Heck, if the people who love the system hate the branding & marketing
... what would you expect from the rest of the marketplace?

JMHO

david