Comments on: T-shirt kickin’ it AS/400 old school

By: Ron Falconberry

Ron Falconberry — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:53:15 +0000

All of the companies I have consulted with or worked for have continued to call it the AS/400 or ‘the 400′. I have tried using the most current name whenever IBM has changed it but have given up. From now on, it’s just the ‘400.

By: Biff Johannsen

Biff Johannsen — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:24:14 +0000

I, personally, like the name iSeries. That being said, one problem I have found with all the renames is the increasing difficulty of finding help on the web. By that, I mean that my search strings are getting longer (as/400, iSeries, System i etc.) which also affects the search results. To IBM: ENOUGH ALREADY!!

By: E Forsstrom

E Forsstrom — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:31:18 +0000

Through all the iterations, we have continued to call it ‘the 400′.
What do us IT types care about marketing naming conventions? KISS.

By: Earl VanDorien

Earl VanDorien — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:28:23 +0000

Vote me AS400. Or like Jack said, “the 400″. Even our non-technical users call it “AS400″!

By: Harriett Stoddard

Harriett Stoddard — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:17:38 +0000

How about a survey over what name this machine is primarily known by at each person’s company? (Maybe IBM would look at the results. Or not.)

By: Ira Chandler

Ira Chandler — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:10:06 +0000

PS - I’m buying a shirt!

By: Ira Chandler

Ira Chandler — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:09:20 +0000

What did I miss? We have been calling it the AS/400 all along.

Do you mean that anyone actually assisted IBM in their methodical, misguided, maniacal, mistaken, moronic, marketing-driven, server non-differentiation?

Nobody I talk to DOESN’T call it AS/400…