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On 08/23/2010 05:17 PM, Mike Walter wrote:
I was sort'a wondering why IBM marketing types came up with the z196 model
number.
I struggle to keep from calling it a z168 - the 370 model 168 has an
illustrious past.
It dawned on me today that it perhaps the internal model naming battle may
have come down to a case of simple arithmetic: 1+9+6 = 16 and 16 =
'10'x.
So could that shiny new z196 be a z10 on steroids, looked at in a
different way. ;-)
And no, it could not name been called an x10 due to copyright use of X10,
and confusion with IBM's own System x hardware, an IBM language called
X10, and who knows how many other reasons.
What...??? You never wanted a Monday to be Friday!!??
Mike Walter
Hewitt Associates
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