RE: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries -- MIDRANGE-L

<snip>P.S. Thanks for your contribution. All this noise is good
noise...</snip>

Yep but only the choir is listening to this noise....

Thanks,
Tommy Holden

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 2:39 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

Doug,

If you add to the email thread, you add to the "name exhaustion". You
complain, but you are happy to contribute to the cause?

And, your attitude of "I ain't changing, you can't make me" is the
reason
why the AS/400 developer will fade into the sunset. This is sad, but
true.
The System i is moving on without that programmer.

In the meantime, you will be considered an old programmer on an old
technology. That is not a ~bad~ thing, but you should be aware of it.
For
most people, that is the easy way out, but it is the choice they make.

For people who are willing to invest in their future, they will call it
a
System i.

Trevor
P.S. Thanks for your contribution. All this noise is good noise...

On 6/11/07 3:03 PM, "Doug Palme" <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I really hate to make any comment on this subject but I will at least
express my own viewpoint. This is not directed at any particular
individual, just my own two cents worth.

I am a huge proponent of the i5, have been for a lot of years and

express it

every opportunity I have; however the name issue is one that many here

have

lost me on.

I will politely disagree with many who keep talking about how we are

going

to lose the platform if we do not change. I do not see this platform

going

anywhere during my lifetime and what happens after I am gone is not
something I am going to be overly worried about.

I will also say that this endless debate over the "proper" usage of

the name

has reached a point of "Name Exhaustion" with me. I am absolutely

sick to

death of listening to people constantly harp about the name, to the

point

that I now completely ignore them.

I frankly do not care what the platform is called, all I care about at

this

point in time is what can it do for me, and how it makes my life

easier.

That may be a very callous attitude, and if so, I apologize if you

take it

that way; certainly not meant to offend anyone - I am just tired of

the same

old argument over what the proper name is or should be. You will

always

have a select group of people that will call it a 400, others will

obviously

want to call it by whatever name IBM suggests and others still that

will

propose new names. For me, it is all the same.

Now, without getting a flame war started, I have spoken for the last

time on

this particular subject; if anyone wants to comment, fine I will

probably

read them, but will not respond - I am just too tired of the debate

and

consider most of it a huge waste of time. (Then again, writing this

post

would be considered by many to be a waste of time :) )

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Douglas