Comments on: What’s in a name: Is it the AS/400, iSeries or System i? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/ A Search400.com blog Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: BhargavSushant http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-847 BhargavSushant Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:13:12 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-847 it’s not a “programming thing” , it’s Branding,
they must want to project the new picture, and probably dont want to fade out the new features of I – Series systems by Classic AS400 systems.
just my opinion, could be other reason too.

]]> By: Victor Salazar http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-384 Victor Salazar Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:02:55 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-384 Hi Guys, I am from Lima – Peru an this blog gets my attention, I an a fan of AS/400 and in all companys in Lima Peru that uses it they call AS/400 !!! that’ s all . No one or almost no one knows what an ISeries, System I, I5/OS mean, all my friends (RPG/Cobol Analyst Programmers)and users too call by its proper name the AS/400 !!!

God bless the AS/400 live forever !!!

]]> By: Charles http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-383 Charles Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:40:11 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-383 Coz said: Now that i5 & p5 are the same hardware, what’s next? “PIServer”? “PI6″…

Why not IPv6? Everyone already knows it’s the next big thing…

]]> By: Mark http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-382 Mark Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:21:08 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-382 I wish they could do a Goldilocks type commercial. This PC server was toooooo small… this mainframe was tooooo big… Then she tried the System i, and it was just right. Oh well, won’t survive long in IBM marketing knocking mainframes.

My boss and all the company’s senior staff still call it the AS400. I search the web using iSeries (because System i just doesn’t get me where I need to be). Except for the web searching, I can’t get that excited either way.

Although if I were to get a vote, I’d do what Ford did redesigning the Mustang, GM with the GTO and Chrysler with the Charger. Call it the System34. Retro, gets the old geezers to talk about “back in the day…”. While the younguns’ get to learn what a cool box it now is. More horse power, more options, turbo charged, fuel injected… or maybe someone should just write an MP3 player in RPG for it.

]]> By: Mike http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-377 Mike Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:48:10 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-377 Give it time. After a substantial upgrade, IBM will call it the System ii. One more upgrade after that, they’ll call it the System iii. That’s right, we’ll be back to calling it the System/3! The cycle will be complete. I’ll be centered. Ooommmmmmhhhhh!

]]> By: oldschool http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-376 oldschool Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:09:04 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-376 It’ll always be an AS/400 to me – it’s been that since it came out. Nothing else sounds the same.

]]> By: Centrino http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-381 Centrino Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:23:28 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-381 What a mess to search the net for I-nformation about System I or should I search for I series or for AS/400 ????

It seems that no one has realized that a neat search name on the net will be better for many perpouses ?

Try to look for “I” on google !

]]> By: Dan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-380 Dan Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:01:38 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-380 We call it AS400

]]> By: Derrick http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-379 Derrick Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:59:28 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-379 What is ‘it’ called? Maybe go back to the roots and call it the System/38 or S/38 and leave it at that. Wasn’t that the origin of the Application System/400, AS/400, iSeries, i5, System i way back when it was born from the Small Systems Group? Somehow IBM had eServer rolled in there at one time as well did they not? Maybe it should have a more appealing name; how about Silverlake? The processors had neat names; Cobra, Muske and so forth. Some comments make mention of the inability to perform valid searches; some engines, if given AS/400 ask if you don’t mean AS400; sometimes system i and i5 refer to things that are anything but a computer. Some of the comments refer to real issues: lack of marketing, misinformed perception and a lack of talent, especially young talent. Yes, the AS/400 is old technology, proprietary, green screen and legacy. Is that not the bulk of the perception? And what marketing is there to change that? The old subjective things like ‘reliability, stability, never had a virus’ don’t have any impact. Any system, given the right conditions and environment, can match that. Are there any objective numbers? If its secure; is not something about a C2 rating mean anything; or does C2 even exist. Are there not some specifications about SQL and Openness standards, database comparisons, TCO that prove factually that the platform is a competitor. But of what value is a platform without a wealth of applications? Ah, but it does because you can run (in partitions) applications that run on: Linux, Windows, php, PASE, WAS. Then there’s the plain old RPGIV and Cobol applications. Too bad there wasn’t a simple gui/browser replacement without getting into HATS and WAS. Now might be the biggest concern, IBM is shuffling the deck again.

]]> By: Kevin Passey http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-378 Kevin Passey Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:31:43 +0000 http://iseries.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/18/whats-in-a-name-is-it-the-as400-iseries-or-system-i/#comment-378 I’ve actually thought long and hard about renaming my website to keep up with the brand naming. So I thought I’d have a look on Overture and see what people are actually searching for on the Internet. Last month there were 21478 searches using the term AS400 and many more for AS400 jobs/odbc or security/backup AS400. For iSeries there were 1643 for i5 there were 2548. The problem with i5 is that the searches could bring up Ping golf irons, cameras or indeed sat nav systems – so what are people actually searching for when they enter i5.

The figures say it all. I would suggest (IBM) that the name i5 has muddied the waters a little – especially if your tend to research products using search engines – but who does that anyway..

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