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My current employer threw a real party when we switched off the last IBM server.

• yellowapple 12y ago
  I find that surprising; of all the systems we're maintaining (hospital), our AS/400 is the one system that's been pretty much rock solid. I've generally been a fan of IBM's hardware.
  • enraged_camel 12y ago
    Yes, but when was AS/400 first introduced? 1988. Do you think that twenty-five years from now, people will say the same thing about the new IBM products they purchased today?
    • Daishiman 12y ago
      If the RS/6000 and System Z lines are anything to go by, then, yes?
  • gtirloni 12y ago
    IBM hardware is awesome. IBM is not (anymore). As a sysadmin, I can't think of anything more exciting then the Power and Z stuff but keeping that hardware around is not realistic anymore for a lot of companies. IBM kind of screws up with prices, contracts, service level, etc. Disclaimer: I have been on both sides of the fence.