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Linux-only POWER5 server From IBM

Posted by Hemos on from the making-the-rounds dept.

vaporland writes "This story from Infoworld.com talks about IBM's new low priced POWER5 based servers which will ship with Red Hat or Suse Linux, but not IBM's AIX. My question is, will it boot up Apple's OSX Server?"

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  1. No. by wankledot · · Score: 5, Funny
    "My question is, will it boot up Apple's OSX Server?"

    No. Next question.

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  2. Re:Big blue.. tux? by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Chances are you've probably not seen my desk -- not an easy task."

    Ah, but have you seen your desk? If not in the past few years I'll be impressed.

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  3. Re:My answer is.... by Noksagt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Also, since when is 5k$ low cost?
    For something from Big Blue, this is a bargain basement price.
  4. the better question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it boot OS/2?

  5. Re:AIX limitations? by bluephone · · Score: 4, Funny
    " Is there anything on the silicon they would prevent me from installing AIX on it?"

    Sanity?

    An alternative, yet equally funny answer would have been "SCO?"

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  6. WOW! 'linux-only' means... by ant_tmwx · · Score: 3, Funny

    too busy to read the TITLE? this is even lazier than me. RTFT.