Re: IBM i Support till 2026

["Bob P. Roche" <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe by then IBM will come up with a real name or abbreviation we can 
use. I'm sorry 'i' is a letter or a pronoun not a name. IBM Power System 
Running IBM i. is a description not a name, you can't even get a good 
acronym for it. IPSRIi?. I agree we are now running power hardware, but 
give the OS a real name. I hear P referred to as AIX, so why cant we still 
be OS400?

Remember AS/400 was just short for Application System 400. Change the 
default green screen to blue maybe? Then My users might notice a 
difference and I can get them to call is by the right name. Giving them 
new web or windows based application just means they think we now run on a 
windows system it won't get them to call it by the right name either.





From:
Rpglist <rpglist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
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Date:
12/07/2012 12:56 PM
Subject:
Re: IBM i Support till 2026
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What flipping difference does it make.

Stop someone and ask them what they have for a computer and 99% will say 
windows or Mac and that's it

They don't say oh I use snow leopard or I'm a windows xp user.

This is nothing more than trever getting on his high horse again.

I wish he would stop the bs it's getting old



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On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:20 AM, "Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc." 
<mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Probably the same number that call an Inspiron a PC.
>
> Mark Murphy
> STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
> mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: ----- 
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Trevor Perry 
> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 12/06/2012 04:10PM
> Subject: Re: IBM i Support till 2026
>
> I wonder how many programmers will still be calling it AS/400 in 2026..
>
> On 12/6/12 11:45 AM, "Pete Massiello - ML" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I didn't see anything on midrange-L, but I thought I would send out a
> > note to everyone so that people are aware of this in the community.
> >
> > Last week during my trip to IBM Rochester, I sent a tweet (my Twitter 
ID
> > is petem59) out on twitter after Steve Will (Chief Architect IBM i)
> > posted a chart about 3 more releases of IBM I , with support reaching 
out
> > to about 2026.  That caused quite a stir on Twitter, and all the
> > magazines picked up on it as well.  I thought it would be good to post
> > here on M-L, so that everyone sees that IBM has 3 more releases 
currently
> > planned for IBM i (they don't plan further than that, so don't read
> > anything negative into that), and that they are currently working on 
IBM
> > i Next, and IBM i Next +1, in the lab as we speak.  This plus all the
> > work they are doing with the next few technology refreshes to continue 
to
> > bring new features and functionality to the product.  There are great
> > things coming on the horizon, sorry I can only discuss what isn't on my
> > NDAs.  Of course, as Steve said the charts were approximations, but
> > really at 14 years out, even if they are off by 1 or 2 years off in
> > either direction, that is great news for IBM i customers.
> >
> > In addition, I am currently part of the beta team on IBM Navigator for 
i,
> > and If you are currently using this product, you will want to jump on 
the
> > next HTTP group PTF that comes out around December 15, because this new
> > version is amazing.  Really great UI improvements.
> >
> > I think it is pretty exciting news, and certainly  dispels the myth 
that
> > the IBM i is going away.
> >
> >               Pete
> >
> > --
> > Pete Massiello
> > iTech Solutions
> > http://www.itechsol.com
> > http://www.iInTheCloud.com
> >
> >
> > [IBM-Champion]
> > IBM Power Systems Champion
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