Discussion on: What’s in a name? More from the front to change the name http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: SalWhite http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-52 SalWhite Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:58:24 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-52 Quote: It’s IBM i (”for Business”).... Question: How does "i" have anything to do with the word, "business"????? This says it all: http://www.cafepress.com/buy/as+400/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_27142849/opt_/fpt_/c_666/ Quote: It’s IBM i (”for Business”)….

Question:
How does “i” have anything to do with the word, “business”?????

This says it all: <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/buy/as+400/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_27142849/opt_/fpt_/c_666/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cafepress.com/buy/as+400/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_27142849/opt_/fpt_/c_666/</a>

]]> By: IraChandler http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-51 IraChandler Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:03:07 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-51 We call it AS/400, always have, always will. While it is in IBM's interest to JUST sell ANY box, we need for the AS/400 to sell. Their product non-differentiation is maddening, as well as their intentional obfuscation of the AS/400. Remember, AS stands for APPLICATION SYSTEM? No for "Cobbled-Together-Hack-Of-Bits-And-Pieces"... We call it AS/400, always have, always will. While it is in IBM’s interest to JUST sell ANY box, we need for the AS/400 to sell. Their product non-differentiation is maddening, as well as their intentional obfuscation of the AS/400. Remember, AS stands for APPLICATION SYSTEM? No for “Cobbled-Together-Hack-Of-Bits-And-Pieces”…

]]> By: GreenleeB http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-50 GreenleeB Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:52:13 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-50 Everyone I work with, both within IT and in the user community, still calls it the 'AS/400'. I tried forcing myself to use iSeries in documents but I gave up. I don't really care what IBM calls it anymore. If you want to Google what do you look for? i, iSeries, AS/400, AS400. I can't put them [ULIST] all [/ULIST] in. Everyone I work with, both within IT and in the user community, still calls it the ‘AS/400′. I tried forcing myself to use iSeries in documents but I gave up. I don’t really care what IBM calls it anymore.
If you want to Google what do you look for? i, iSeries, AS/400, AS400. I can’t put them
    all

in.

]]> By: David Vasta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-44 David Vasta Fri, 30 May 2008 12:36:38 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-44 At COMMON we were told to google "ibm i" and you should find plenty of stuff on the "i". I think they worked out a deal or something with Google to make that work. http://www.google.com/search?q=ibm+i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 11,100,000 for ibm i. ===> Not bad I guess. I would have expected more? At COMMON we were told to google “ibm i” and you should find plenty of stuff on the “i”. I think they worked out a deal or something with Google to make that work.

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=ibm+i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=ibm+i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a</a>

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 11,100,000 for ibm i. ===> Not bad I guess. I would have expected more?

]]> By: Gilly400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-43 Gilly400 Fri, 30 May 2008 11:48:27 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-i/whats-in-a-name-more-from-the-front-to-change-the-name/#comment-43 Hi, I think my biggest problem with the new name is how to google for i. Best regards, Martin Gilbert. Hi,

I think my biggest problem with the new name is how to google for i.

Best regards,

Martin Gilbert.

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