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One of the comments on the video: > Randy Schnier > 8 hours ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53H0pO2FD4&lc=Ugzs2gCWlsh1_tG741p4AaABAg https://www.youtube
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One of the comments on the video:
> Randy Schnier
> 8 hours ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53H0pO2FD4&lc=Ugzs2gCWlsh1_tG741p4AaABAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53H0pO2FD4&lc=Ugzs2gCWlsh1_...)
> I worked at this IBM site as an engineer for almost 30 years, leaving in 2012. Several divisions were based there besides AS/400, including IBM Software Group that was responsible for the WebSphere Application Server family of products. As the video mentions, at its peak around the year 2000, the site had about 8,000 employees. It is now down to significantly less than 1,000 and most of the site is leased out to other companies for office and warehouse space. Actually IBM sold the site several years ago to an external real estate firm and leases back the space they currently use! You might notice in the video that the AS/400 cabinets were rounded at the rear -- this was to prevent customers from pushing the unit right up against a wall and blocking the cooling vents.
- phendrenad2 4y agoOnce you notice the "things in the rear to prevent the customer from pushing it up against the wall and blocking the cooling system" you notice this everywhere. Refrigerators, test equipment, microwave ovens.