Fair point. The AS/400 itself was also a successful consolidation of the S/36 and S/38 product lines. Consolidation has worked on a relatively small scale wher

Fair point. The AS/400 itself was also a successful consolidation of the S/36 and S/38 product lines. Consolidation has worked on a relatively small scale where two platforms were combined, attempts to produce one platform to rule them all have generally failed.