Re: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ultimately, the issue is not that the USERS are saying AS/400. It is what
YOU say. It is about what the I.T. Industry perceives.

The users shouldn't know, or care, what the system name is.


On 9/29/11 11:10 AM, "John Allen" <jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Your comment about users seeing MacBook Pro or Windows 7 constantly brings
> up an idea I never thought of.
>
> How about everyone changing their companies Sign On screen (you can change
> the sign on screen)
> And put:
> Welcome to IBM i
> Or
> Welcome to IBM i running on Power System
> Or
> Some other term everyone can agree on
> Some color everyone can agree on
> Location everyone can agree on
> Just make it consistent for EVERYONE
>
> Users will see it every day or multiple times a day.
> They will eventually start calling it by something other than AS00
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Loyd Goodbar
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:37 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?
>
> +1 to this. I don't call my MacBook Pro a PowerBook because right under
> +the
> screen, it says "MacBook Pro". The name is clearly visible to me. Every
> time
> I turn on my work computer, I see Windows 7, not XP or 2000 or a black DOS
> screen. Now, if my only interaction running IBM i applications is via 5250
> or the web, there is little or no indication whether I'm running on an
> AS/400, iSeries, or Power. It's all about the visibility. The users call
> it
> "AS/400" becuase they've used the same software packages for 18+ years
> with
> no visible indication of the platform change from AS/400 to iSeries to
> System i to Power. And in the end, isn't that how it should be?
>
> Loyd