I dunno about Watson, but it is my (inspecific) opinion that at least one state government and at least one upper-middle-sized corporation have a bunch of IBM b

I dunno about Watson, but it is my (inspecific) opinion that at least one state government and at least one upper-middle-sized corporation have a bunch of IBM big iron laying around that they don't need. The real burn is, that's not JUST an upfront cost... You pay per month. At the corp, I could not find anyone except the CEO that thought the investment was a good idea. I figure IBM gifted him a car or something. Complete speculation, but it's the only thing that makes sense! Elsewhere, inspecifically... At least the machines are used. But honestly how many giant black modern IBM boxes does it take to fully emulate every single AS/400 machine that existed within the entity back in 1996? A quick look at the specs tells me: 1. There's no way it would take more than one.