23 Aug
2006
23 Aug
'06
6:02 p.m.
An informant has reported Will as stating
Use an AS/400. Hackproof and crashproof.
And downright hobbyist-hostile.
(where Sun is hobbyist friendly,
SGI is hobbyist-indifferent (we really don't care if you use our machines, just
don't
expect any help from us))
Time-locked loadable microcode, impossible-to-transfer licenses and sky-high license fees
if you
can get IBM to talk to you. Saw a AS/400, found out about it, gave it a wide berth. Guess
it must be like
the HP3000 with too much of a "black" commercial market to risk anything that
would make the systems
easier to "misappropriate" commercially.
Pity, everything I've heard about them is good. And the AIX group is
hobbyist-indifferent.