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. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl 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: 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 names,

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 jan.moeyers...@adelior.be wrote: On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:51 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl 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

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 jan.moeyers...@adelior.be wrote: On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:51 +0200, R.S.r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: BTW: I really can't understand marketing names like z196, TS1140, or DS8000. Why don't

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 z114

2012-04-17 Thread Hal Merritt
: 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 partially used), MAGSTAR, T-REX, MtBlanc or Cindy

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 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 vbg -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Tre

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

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

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

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

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 16:33, Alvaro Guirao Lopez pisze: I have

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 z114

2012-04-16 Thread Alvaro Guirao Lopez
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 Lopez pisze: I have seeked but found nothing about this, why the new servers

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 16:33

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 z114