On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:06:23 EDT Jim Elliott said: >> btw What happened to RS/6000? > >John:
And I thought it was > >Netfinity -> xSeries for X-Architecture X cause we don't want to use I for Intel or P for Pentium so we don't have to deal with their trademark, so we'll just X it out. >AS/400 -> iSeries for Integrated I to just confuse people and make them think it's Intel based, and maybe someone other that AS/400 people will finally pay attention to this product line. >RS/6000 -> pSeries for Performance P for Power and just to confuse those Pentium folks. Besides, it'll be easier when we finally finish cannabalizing AIX and call it Linux people won't realize they aren't on Intel. >S/390 -> zSeries for Zero Down Time Z cause we're cool, and it looks better than Q. > >Regards, Jim /ahw
