On Friday, 04/14/2006 at 09:48 EST, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having heard endless discussion from IBMers that the right way to talk about > the z9 is always "System z9", I find it interesting that there's reference to > "The IBM System z Webcast" leaving off reference to "z9". Maybe I'm trying too > hard to read too much into it? I guess we'll know more on May 3rd... :-)
"IBM System z" is an approved shorthand for "IBM System z9 and IBM zSeries". It covers all z/Architecture boxes without regard to its 'generation'. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott