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Z for mainframe, I for iSeries (think AS/400 - but now these machines are huge), and P for AIX. the installed number of those three is immense and in many orga
by Shivetya 13y ago
Z for mainframe, I for iSeries (think AS/400 - but now these machines are huge), and P for AIX.
the installed number of those three is immense and in many organizations most people would never suspect.
- anatoly 13y agoLike what organizations for example?
- hga 13y agoLook at, for example, Jack Henry & Associates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Henry_%26_Associates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Henry_%26_Associates Their core banking stuff, which powers the $600 million capitalization local bank I use, is System i (AS/400) based as I understand it.
- anatoly 13y agoRight, that's not actually surprising to me, I know banks still use mainframes, and I thought it was well-known. Same about airlines, and heavy-duty control systems (say, sewage control for a large city or something) that are likely to be legacy. I was wondering what could be organizations I wouldn't even suspect.
- zmonkeyz 13y agoI believe O'Reilly auto parts has an AS/400 at each of it's stores.
- bkmartin 13y agoLike huge swaths of the insurance, banking and healthcare industries. (Current iSeries shop here - we are a ticket printing company) Construction is also a huge shop. In fact, iSeries is SAP's preferred platform, but the SAP Windows install consultants won't tell you that because they make way more money consulting on Windows.