On 2019-02-15 12:45 p.m., Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 02/15/2019 08:03 AM, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk wrote:
I know, they're not called AS/400s any more. We're on a POWER 8 box,
an 8286-41A. But until IBM comes up with a new name that's an
improvement over AS/400, we're sticking with that name. Apple was
already using the letter i, and giving the platform a single letter
name makes searching for online information about the platform a
challenge.
I think the ""proper (yes, with (air)quotes) name is "IBM i". So it's
not a single letter. But it is a collision ala "A. Pope" from
National Treasure. (Yes, that scene blew my mind. Hence it's the
canonical example that I use.)
Knowledge Center refers to it as IBM i, but it is not the name of a
system it is just the name of another OS that runs on IBM Power systems
and can even be vitalized on a system with other OSes.
Paul.
