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Nice catch Charles and oh the irony of where you found the link :-)
I remember talking to Al (Barsa) a number of years back and word then
was about every casino in Vegas was running the i :-)
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 3:47 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No Glitz (and
an IBM i :) )
The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No Glitz
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178445/The_surprising_secret_of_
a_Las_Vegas_data_center_No_glitz
And on page two:
"Like many other casinos, Sands uses IBM System i servers because many
core systems used in the gaming industry are written in IBM's RPG
programming language. System i runs financials, inventory and
purchasing, among other systems. "
Interesting enough, I got found the story via a link in an MS SQL
Server newsletter :)
Charles
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