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I never commented on the specificity, rather I pointed out this quote "Ship an entire physical PC to the user pre-loaded with the application." Replace "PC" wi
by MR4D 4y ago
I never commented on the specificity, rather I pointed out this quote "Ship an entire physical PC to the user pre-loaded with the application." Replace "PC" with "Mainframe" and the sentence was true (at least back when mainframes were a thing.
The software came pre-loaded with the hardware, and IBM shipped it to you and set it up for you. You couldn't buy an app without paying for the hardware. Technically, you rented everything from IBM, and paid one lease price.
- arghwhat 4y agoThat sounds more like a case of "you're buying an app for our mainframes, so you'll need something to run it on".