Service bureaus (Was: Tek 4051 firmware listing

[Doc Shipley]

On 12/16/10 4:15 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:

> If your book is an IBM publication, it shows only that IBM was
> consistent in its inconsistency.
>
> It'd be interesting if someone could come up with a corporate
> directive that specifies what the "official" convention was.

   *That's* not gonna happen...

   IBM's different hardware groups might as well be different companies, 
as far as technical conventions are concerned.

   Consider this: although "iSeries" and "pSeries" hardware became the 
same physical platform when POWER5 was introduced, but the FRU codes for 
adapters and accessories weren't merged until last year.  A gigabit 
ethernet adapter for an i5 system, for example, was a different product 
code - at 2-4x the price - as the IDENTICAL PCI card for p5.


	Doc Shipley