Linked by David Adams on Tue 8th Apr 2008 16:27 UTC
IBM is discontinuing the System p and System i server brands and changing the name of the i5/OS operating system to "i" or "i for business." An IT Jungle article notes that "servers developed and manufactured by its newly christened Power Systems division with the name--drum roll please--"Power." As in Power 520, Power 550, Power 570, and Power 595, whether the machine is running AIX, Linux, or the operating system formerly known as i5/OS."
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Yeah, I'm tired of the name changes too. I also still call it an AS/400 for the system, OS/400 for the OS, and DB2/400 for the integrated database.
Since I've been here (9 years), we've gone from a 620 -> 720 -> 810 -> 520. It's been one of the most reliable systems I've ever worked with. It requires minimal maintenance and just does it job.
I just wish IBM made data access using Perl, PHP, or anything else for that matter from Open Source operating systems (namely anything BSD) easier. Hell, I think "not easy" and IBM are synonymous. Sure, I can probably do things "easier" if I ran Linux along side it but I'd rather not.
We tried Webfacing once many years ago. That was atrocious. Websphere brought it down to a crawl too. Right now, the RPG guys are using RPGsp and web development for them is much quicker, and the pages run really fast too.
Anyway - it may be a bitch to develop for, but it's pretty damn reliable.