As much as I hate to get dragged down on this subject (again) I have to say that I agree with Trevor.
We are planning a fairly big migration to a nice new pair of mirrored Power 770's. One of the execs on the planning committee asked me how I felt about having the iSeries run on a pSeries server...
Being originally from MN, all I can say is Uff Da!
Regards,
Scott Ingvaldson
Senior IBM Support Specialist
-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Perry [mailto:trevor@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:55 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?
DRsquare,
You are like the grumpy old grandfather who doesn't get out much. He sees
the world in his own neighborhood, and has to tell the kids that is how
the entire world really is. And a smiley face does not make it right.
Maybe to him that is the whole world, but outside in the real world, the
use of the new IBM branding is a little more common than your backyard.
Mainly because there are people out here who are up to date, and not
living in some fabulous past. I.T. is a little faster moving than AS/400
pundits wished, but it has moved far beyond that glorious platform.
The point is not the name, but the concept. Windows can still run DOS, but
you don't call it DOS. AS/400 could run S/34, S/36 but you never called it
by those names. IBM i on Power is what you buy from IBM, and while it can
run OS/400 applications, it just is not an AS/400. Besides, you cannot run
Watson on an AS/400, and what a powerful marketing tool that is for our
platform - and yes, IBM does market this platform. Maybe they stopped
marketing the AS/400 when they stopped selling the AS/400.
For your benefit, IBM built a new platform called Power Systems. They sell
the best business hardware platform on the planet - Power Systems. It runs
IBM i. Calling it by another name - an old name or your own particular
made-up brand, is simply incorrect and pandering to the naysayers and
competitors who call you old and out of date.
Certainly, there are people running on AS/400 servers with OS/400. There
are iSeries customers running OS/400 and IBM i. There are System i
customers running i5/OS and IBM i. And yes, they often struggle with the
"name". However, the next box they will upgrade to will be a Power Systems
server, running IBM i. If you tell them they have to keep using the same
"400", they may be happy for a short time to avoid having to face change,
but in the fast paced world of I.T. you would be best served to offer them
something modern.
Coming to you from the real world.
Trevor
On 9/27/11 9:56 AM, "Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
CLEARLY someone it out of touch with what's REALLY going on in industry
and
what the REAL WORLD is calling this box... Thanks to IBM's TOTALLY INEPT
attempts at marketing, this box is known IN INDUSTRY by several names. If
someone has a problem with that, I suggest they get back on their
meds...or
complain at IBM for their TOTALLY INEPT marketing practices and product
naming conventions.
:)
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