AS/400 vs iSeries vs System i

[Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I DO know where the name issues are. I have been pushing IBM - along with
> MANY of us here - to refer to System i by its current brand name. Some time
> back, I heard an IBMer say "I did not know it was not called an AS/400 any
> more". Marketing the brand inside IBM is VERY important.

Trevor, I think you're doing the right thing.  The time to advocate for 
a better name is long past; we have what we have.  IBM ought to push it 
vigorously and so should we.

I do have a suggestion that you might be able to help with.

If I put www.iseries.ibm.com into my browser, I get redirected to 
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/  Same thing for www.as400.ibm.com.  I 
honestly wish they'd put www.systemi.ibm.com in their list of web pages 
that redirects.  Remembering the www-03 page is a pain in the drain, 
although www.ibm.com/systems/i redirects properly.

Whilst on the topic of web sites, THE web site I visit most often is 
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/  ...which could use a redirect too.

Then again, I might be the only person left on the planet who types in 
URLs...
  --buck