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Yes! There are lots of ways in which we are nothing like these big IBM systems (we are, for example, entirely open -- like POWER, but very unlike AS/400 or Z se
by bcantrill 3y ago
Yes! There are lots of ways in which we are nothing like these big IBM systems (we are, for example, entirely open -- like POWER, but very unlike AS/400 or Z series machines), but we definitely admire the robustness of these machines!
Indeed, arguably to a fault, as I likened us to the AS/400 in a VC pitch[0] -- which (despite the potential accuracy of the historical analogue) is as ill-advised as it sounds...
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5Mk_IggE0&t=2216s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5Mk_IggE0&t=2216s
- rbanffy 3y agoIBM big iron is a thing of beauty. There is nothing ill-advised in pushing a platform that's comparable to it in the good parts, and lacking the icky ones is a huge plus. And it's a shame POWER is soooo expensive. But, then, so are high-end x86 and ARM, so I guess it's not that it's expensive more than I'm not paid nearly enough to have one. And, between buying a high-end POWER box and a yacht, I'll always take the second.