Re: From the Comdex Rumor Department...

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, if you port Linux over to the 400's hardware, you get Linux
running on a PowerPC chip... which already exists.

In addition, IMHO, it ceases to be an AS/400... because the "AS/400" is
really an amalgamation of the OS and hardware.

david

> What you end up with is super reliable HW and and criptic OS that takes a
> masters degree to figure out the commands.
> 
> Don't get me too wrong, Linux is great for what it does under the covers.
> One of the strong points of  the AS/400 is it's OS/400 user interface/cmd
> structure. What sold the Sys/36 was ease of use and reliabilty, Same is true
> for the 400.
> 
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> From: rsolomon@ORIENTAL.COM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: From the Comdex Rumor Department...
> Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 8:40AM
> 
> 
> 
> hmm, linux ported to AS/400...
> 
> hmm, notebook sized AS/400...
> 
> could this be a marriage made in heaven?
> 
> russ solomon
> systems engineer
> oriental trading company
> 
> 
> 
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