RE: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

["Leibowitz, Larry" <Larry.Leibowitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And the Pre AS/400 Announcement Name "Silverlake"

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Subject: Re: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

Gotta throw eServer in there...someplace.

On 6/11/07, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The 1988 AS/400 was rebranded the iSeries in 2000. The family name -
System
> i - was introduced in 2006 along with the new server name - System i5.
>
> This is twice. In 18 years. The computing industry moves at a much
faster
> rate than twice in 18 years. I guess the problem is that we can still
run
> the same code on the platform that we could in 1988. When you can do
that,
> you have no sense of "time" and no sense of "modern".
>
> BTW, the rebranding was done by IBM, not the System i division. It
meets the
> stated goals of IBM moving forward - not this platform. Our goal
should be
> to get with that program, since IBM is our vendor of choice.
>
>
>
>
> On 6/11/07 8:34 AM, "Urbanek, Marty" <Marty_Urbanek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > If that theory was correct, wouldn't people have been willing to buy
an
> > iSeries? I just don't understand how many times we have to "rebrand"
to
> > shed that prejudice.
> >
> > -Marty
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:00:38 +0200
> > from: "Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: RE: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries
> >
> > > The whole platform is legacy in the minds of these people you're
> > > referring to.
> >
> > The AS/400 is considered a legacy platform, yes. That's exactly why
IBM
> > rebranded it as the System i.
> > Usually people have seen one or two ads about the System i, but have
no
> > idea what it is. And this is where can start selling, because they
don't
> > have a "legacy" prejudice against the System i.
> >
> > ...
>
>
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