RE: Happy i5/OS 2008?

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And they'll fix the page just in time for the move to Power 7.

:-))

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:30 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Happy i5/OS 2008?

Brad,

There is one ~small~ event that occurred this year. The i5 name, in
reference to hardware, disappeared. IBM now sells System i servers and
i5/OS. Go here to see the newest servers:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/hardware/index.html

And, it seems to be time for us to drop the hardware/OS name exchange - we
have been told that i5/OS will soon be running on "other platforms". Of
course, this was in reference to blades, but it would seem obvious that a
blade will not be called a System i or an i5.

Although, what seems hilarious, is that IBM has this on their System i home
page: "IBM System i  Midrange servers including iSeries and AS/400"
They finally got the message - right when they are about to move i5/OS to
other hardware!

Trevor


On 12/31/07 10:11 AM, "Bradley V. Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Trevor,
>
> I didn't receive that email, so I'm not sure what courses it was
promoting.
> But keep in mind a lot of them were written a while ago, and while they
may
> mention AS/400 or iSeries instead of i5, they do still apply.  :)
>
> I deal with hundreds of customers a week.  It's amazing how when I say
"i5"
> (I've been forcing myself to do that now.. lol!) how many of them say
"huh?"
> I say AS/400 and they say "oh... that's right...  they changed the name
> again.. it will always be AS/400 to me."
>
> I agree that we should be watching what we call "our machine", but to some
> of us it will always be AS/400, or even iSeries.  But you're right that we
> need to watch what we call it, especially when dealing with newbies in the
> field.
>
> Now, as Drowning Pool would put it, "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor"...  :)
> This should be an intesting thread to pass the new year's eve day.
>
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com