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Subject: RE: 8-bit version of Google Maps is running on IBM POWER6 hardware
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Google's engineering team understood the importance of deploying to
retro systems like the IBM i on POWER6.
With support from IBM, they were able to overcome the technical and
design hurdles of retrofitting Google Maps to run on POWER6.
More media coverage at:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57407545-71/googles-hilarious-april-fo
ols-maps-launch/

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2012/03/google-
maps-gets-8-bit-nes-treatment/1#.T3girt2nasg

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