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

Is the renaming all in an effort to improve sales or has it been to keep it
dicey to keep your interest. Has the % of sales increased due to the
renaming. What's in a name?? If you liked a specific car that then went
away and came back in a new re-incarnation would you still not want to
possibly test drive it, check it out, buy it. Isn't the machine naming all
about the brand. Has the naming been done(supposedly) to keep it at the
forefront(fresh I have to have it) or have other choices came along to rival
it. How about what are the top 10 blunders that have been good/bad for
the platform(none ibm input). How about the top 10 things that could be
done to help the platform (none ibm input).

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Harman, Roger <Roger.Harman@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Like this?? It loses something in the translation as the center section is
solid bordered. The development system is iLinus.





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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Allen
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:10 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400



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



On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx

wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong...

But my understanding, and I've never used a S/36 or S/38), is that

from a green screen user's perspective, there's obvious differences

between S/36, S/38 and AS/400....

Now compare that to the difference's between AS/400, iSeries, System

i, POWER running IBM i...

It's no wonder the users still call it AS/400!

Charles

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Jerry,

It was not quite clear.

Did you call the AS/400 a S/36, because it could run S/36 applications?

Did you call the AS/400 a S/38, because it could run S/38 applications?

If the answer is yes, then calling IBM i an AS/400 is the same thing.

If no, then...

Do you call IBM i an AS/400 because it can run AS/400 applications?

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