Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Kid-die noun, 1. In mainframe parlance, anybody of age less than 50. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Origins of numeric assignation

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-04-17 18:53, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: [...] Sh, kiddies are reading this and we greybeards must behave. ;-D Kiddies here? Are you KIDDING? This is mainframe list! Avg member still remember Ford T premiere -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Tre tej wi

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
R. Skorupka wrote: >I have never heard someone saying: I'm using Ford product 2817-M15 known as >z196... Neither me too, but I agree 101% with what you said. The same here, when we are talking about Hilux, it is about Toyota DoubleCab Bakkie. (Bakkie - pickup truck) ... and car thieves are

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread Hal Merritt
Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 9:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114 ..snip BTW: I really can't understand "marketing names" like z196, TS1140, or DS8000. Why don't they use names like Jaguar (ok, it's p

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-04-17 16:30, Mike Schwab pisze: On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Jan MOEYERSONS wrote: On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:51 +0200, R.S. wrote: BTW: I really can't understand "marketing names" like z196, TS1140, or DS8000. Why don't they use names like Jaguar (ok, it's partially used), M

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread Mike Schwab
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Jan MOEYERSONS wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:51 +0200, R.S. > wrote: > >>BTW: I really can't understand "marketing names" like z196, TS1140, or >>DS8000. Why don't they use names like Jaguar (ok, it's partially used), >>MAGSTAR, T-REX, MtBlanc or Cindy Crawf

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jan MOEYERSONS wrote: >>BTW: I really can't understand "marketing names" like z196, TS1140, or >>DS8000. Why don't they use names like Jaguar (ok, it's partially used), >>MAGSTAR, T-REX, MtBlanc or Cindy Crawford? >A rose, by any other name... Begin with dinousaurus names ( :-D ), then reptile n

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-17 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:51 +0200, R.S. wrote: >BTW: I really can't understand "marketing names" like z196, TS1140, or >DS8000. Why don't they use names like Jaguar (ok, it's partially used), >MAGSTAR, T-REX, MtBlanc or Cindy Crawford? A rose, by any other name... -

Re: SV: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread Ed Gould
[mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För R.S. Skickat: den 16 april 2012 16:42 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114 W dniu 2012-04-16 16:33, Alvaro Guirao Lopez pisze: I have seeked but found nothing about this, why the new servers have been named z196&am

Re: SV: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-04-16 16:54, Thomas Berg pisze: -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För R.S. Skickat: den 16 april 2012 16:42 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196& z114 W dniu 2012-04-16 1

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread Alvaro Guirao Lopez
; > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För > > R.S. > > Skickat: den 16 april 2012 16:42 > > Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Ämne: Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114 > > > > W dniu 2012-04-16 16:33, Alvaro Guirao

SV: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread Thomas Berg
> -Ursprungligt meddelande- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För > R.S. > Skickat: den 16 april 2012 16:42 > Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Ämne: Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114 > > W dniu 2012-04-16 16:3

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/16/2012 7:33 AM, Alvaro Guirao Lopez wrote: I have seeked but found nothing about this, why the new servers have been named z196& z114 and not Z11 EC& Z11 BC? zEnterprise is an entirely new class of hybrid server (see zBX and Unified Resource Manager) whose traditional mainframe product

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-04-16 16:33, Alvaro Guirao Lopez pisze: I have seeked but found nothing about this, why the new servers have been named z196& z114 and not Z11 EC& Z11 BC? Why not z11? I don't know. Why 196 and 114? I heard about it: 1xx means FIRST generation (of what? naming convention?) 96 mea

Origins of numeric assignation of z196 & z114

2012-04-16 Thread Alvaro Guirao Lopez
I have seeked but found nothing about this, why the new servers have been named z196 & z114 and not Z11 EC & Z11 BC? -- Un saludo. Álvaro Guirao -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to li