On 18 February 2016 at 18:50, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just a comment, the name z13s did not appear to me to be a name of a new >> system, but rather just the plural of z13, i.e. "Look at those z13s run!". >> Took me a while to figure out this was in fact a new name and a new offering. >> >> Perhaps I'm the only one... > > I don't think any marketeer has ever been accused of being "too smart."
The naming problem goes back to the first z Series machine. In the USA it was the eServer ZEE Series 900, and in the rest of the world the ZED Series. Surely even the thickest US marketeer was aware of the uniquely US pronunciation of the letter z. Well, maybe not... Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
