Re: I will stop calling it an AS/400 when . . . [ this condition is met ]

1996-1998 http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/1996-1999.pdf

1998 - new AS400e servers shipping to customers at a rate of 1 every 12
minutes.

2000-2006 http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/2000-2006.pdf

The company in May 2004 introduces the eServer i5, the first systems to be
powered by the much

anticipated POWER5 microprocessors. Running i5/OS, the next generation of
OS/400, the new

eServer i5 systems provide small and medium-sized businesses with
unprecedented power,

flexibility and cost benefits. The eServer i5 Model 520 (one to two-way
POWER5 processors)

and eServer i5 Model 570 (one to four-way POWER5 processors featuring
Capacity on Demand)

offer up to 40 percent in system price/performance improvements over
previous iSeries models.


*2006 - The company rolls out in January the IBM System i5 line, an
"all-in-one" IT platform for small *

and mid-sized businesses. The new product line has a POWER5+ processor, a
dual-core "system

on a chip" that runs at speeds up to 2.2 Ghz, and shows up to a 33 percent
increase in

performance over existing POWER5-based iSeries models. Also announced in
January is i5/OS

5.4, a new version of the i5's integrated operating system.