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

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

I built these pictures a couple of years ago, and they may help with some
history.

http://angustheitchap.com/familytree.jpg
http://angustheitchap.com/familytreeOS.jpg
http://angustheitchap.com/familytreedates.jpg

Hope that helps a little. They don't address the specific request of
features and functions at each release, however.
Trevor


On 9/29/11 6:19 PM, "Bill Hopkins" <bhopkins@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Joe and Others ....Thank you for being truly knowledgeable on this topic
> and knowing how to present this to your customers or do we say clients
> now even though they are our co-workers! :-) Wow... which was the right
> word? 
>
> Teaching this to others is key but if they researched and saw this whole
> topic .... well what would you think if you were the C-exec...
>
> I wish it was erased and replace with a link to provide the history with
> not only the name changes, why they change, and brief examples of the
> new "what it can do now wows".
>
> Just to put an end to this cause someone smarter than me could have done
> it in the time this topic has gone on. I already pick out the best parts
> for my own knowledge.
>
> PS IBM I on Power, System I, I5, iSeries, AS/400, S/38, S/36, RS6000
> using RPGII and writing pretend sub-files, etc. blah blah blah....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:36 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400
>
> I don't know if I can get our signon screen changed, but I'll give it a
> try.
>
> But I did do something along those same lines.  We now have an internal
> portal with several EGL applications that I've written.  The C-level
> executives like them very much, but I wanted to make sure they remember
> what system they're using.  They log on to these apps using their green
> screen user IDs, so I have a big text box on the landing page that tells
>
> them they need to enter their IBM i user ID and password.
>
> Then, just to make sure they know what is running this, if they cursor
> over the instruction box, it switches from a nice Arial font to
> monospaced green on a black background.  So they use the new
> applications but they are reminded that it's not some Microsoft package
> doing this; it's the IBM i.
>
> And that's what needs to be sold: the capabilities of the platform,
> regardless of the name.
>
> Joe
>
> > 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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