[CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

mark m.roth at 5-cent.us
Tue Oct 30 16:40:51 UTC 2018


Mark Rousell wrote:
> On 30/10/2018 14:49, mark wrote:
>
>
>> I wouldn't expect a system 1, if that's the current name
>>
>
> AS/400 -> eServer iSeries -> System i -> Power Systems
> RS/6000 -> eServer pSeries -> System p -> Power Systems
>
>
> So the current 'Power Systems' range combines what was AS/400 with what
> was RS/6000. They all use Power CPUs now and run Linux, IBM i, or AIX.
>
> "IBM i" is, of course the operating system previously known as OS/400
> and then i5/OS.
>
> Simple, eh. ;-)
>
Thanks. <g>

Just goes to reiterate what I said the other day: Linux was IBM's silver
bullet on a free platter. I mean, *how* many operatings systems do you
want to support...?

      mark




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