IBM Gets AS/400 Running On PlayStation

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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[American AC in Paris]

"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?"