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IBM Gets AS/400 Running On PlayStation

Posted by simoniker on from the what-in-the-world? dept.

TomPee writes "Hackers may have oiled the rails for Linux fans eager to run their favourite Penguin-fronted operating system on Xbox, but that's nothing compared to IBM's latest in-house project, according to Gamesindustry.biz: running the AS/400 enterprise operating system on a humble PlayStation. Now I'm only wondering: what will be the practical use of this ?" According to another account from News.com.au, which non-specifically mentions 'PlayStation', it may be that IBM are working on the PS2, and not the PSOne, as the newer article claims.

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  1. In other news by nelsonal · · Score: 4, Funny

    This morning officials from NetBSD has announced a port for the emulated AS/400 on PS2 hardware.

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  2. wait... by kevin+lyda · · Score: 4, Funny

    ok, first ibm support linux. then they port as/400 to the playstation. meanwhile sun is pissing on linux in cowardly ways.

    ibm is supposed to be full of boring suits. sun is supposed to have the hackers. it was all so much simpler back in 1993, what went wrong?

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  3. Woohoo! by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 4, Funny

    We C0B0L programmers aren't obsolete after all!

  4. How about PS2 on PS2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about getting an IBM PS2 to run Sony PS2 games? Now that is the challenge.

  5. The beginning... by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Wh--yes, sir? No, no--I mean, yes, very busy, sir! Very busy indeed! That box? It's a--well, yes, it is a PlayStation, sir. Oh, I see, your son has one, that's, uh, nice...yes...well, it's...it's a...a test machine! Yes! You see, I'm porting...uh...AS/400 to it (shut up, Bob...) because...um...think of all the young kids we could get hooked on AS/400 programming, sir! (Shut up, Bob...)"

    "...sir? No, it's just me and Bob here, a sort of pet project we like to work on every now and...you...you what?...Sir, that's...you're giving us how many people to work on this?"

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  6. Why this project exists by regen · · Score: 4, Funny

    What happened was an exec at IBM told the techies to get OS/400 runing on a PS/2. The techies misunderstood and thought he meant the PS2. The rest is history.

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  7. Conversation with IBM sales by MarkGriz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Customer: Hi, I'm interested in licensing AS/400 for my Fortune 500 company.
    IBM: Yes, sir. What server are you looking at to run it? We have a great deal on our iSeries 890 midrange systems, starting at about $350,000.
    Customer: Oh, no thanks. I just picked up a Playstation at a yard sale for 20 bucks.

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