OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19597/IBM_Makes_Server_OS_Name_Change_Consolidates_Platforms Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:17:15 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com But I thougt it was going to be AS\400 again http://osnews.com/thread?308673 http://osnews.com/thread?308673 Last week they were going to make it AS\400 again.

http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs040108-story02.html

What happened to that? Does that mean I need new certifications? What do I put on my Resume now? (AS\400, eServer, iSeries, System i?)

Most importantly will the hardware premium for iSeries "enabled" boards be removed versus the pSeries counterparts (same board but different firmware)?Edited 2008-04-08 16:54 UTC Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mabhatter) Comments RE: But I thougt it was going to be AS\400 again http://osnews.com/thread?308675 http://osnews.com/thread?308675
Last week they were going to make it AS\400 again.

http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs040108-story02.html

What happened to that? Does that mean I need new certifications? What do I put on my Resume now? (AS\400, eServer, iSeries, System i?)

Most importantly will the hardware premium for iSeries "enabled" boards be removed versus the pSeries counterparts (same board but different firmware)?


You don't know how to write AS/400 or how to tell an April Fool's story? ;-) I suppose you don't know the one about the AS/500 that only allowed execution but no development, either. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments dumb http://osnews.com/thread?308697 http://osnews.com/thread?308697 Lets see, in less than a decade we have had:

OS/400 -> i/OS -> i5/OS -> i [for business] [V][6][R1]?

This is pointless. Why give a stable platform such an unstable name? Regardless, for me and almost everyone I work with, it's still OS/400.

On the other hand, the consolidation of hardware SKUs is a very good thing, I think. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jwwf) Comments RE: dumb http://osnews.com/thread?308700 http://osnews.com/thread?308700 Gotta keep those marketing people employed. The hardware has gone through the same churn: RS/6000, pSeries, System p, Power. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Wes Felter) Comments IBM is funny http://osnews.com/thread?308724 http://osnews.com/thread?308724 I think it should be renamed to the "Love Symbol #2" formerly known as Prince, but fortunately I don't get to make these decisions Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments RE: dumb http://osnews.com/thread?308761 http://osnews.com/thread?308761 Yeah, I'm tired of the name changes too. I also still call it an AS/400 for the system, OS/400 for the OS, and DB2/400 for the integrated database.

Since I've been here (9 years), we've gone from a 620 -> 720 -> 810 -> 520. It's been one of the most reliable systems I've ever worked with. It requires minimal maintenance and just does it job.

I just wish IBM made data access using Perl, PHP, or anything else for that matter from Open Source operating systems (namely anything BSD) easier. Hell, I think "not easy" and IBM are synonymous. Sure, I can probably do things "easier" if I ran Linux along side it but I'd rather not.

We tried Webfacing once many years ago. That was atrocious. Websphere brought it down to a crawl too. Right now, the RPG guys are using RPGsp and web development for them is much quicker, and the pages run really fast too.

Anyway - it may be a bitch to develop for, but it's pretty damn reliable. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsd_geek) Comments Try googling it... http://osnews.com/thread?308887 http://osnews.com/thread?308887 AS/400 and OS/400 are easy to google. i5/OS doesn't bring up as many hits but is still pretty useful. pSeries and iSeries works too. System p and System i are almost hopeless and now with i 6.1, no really, i 6.1 I don't even know where to begin.

It's not like the AS/400 needs to be less visible. It is a very solid platform and should it break down it's very easy to restore to new hardware - it desereves a better fate than being named i 6.1 and becoming unsearchable. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dlundh) Comments the best http://osnews.com/thread?309045 http://osnews.com/thread?309045 http://oregonstate.edu/groups/osugaming/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1050...
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