I can't
think of a lot of use for a 10yo RS/6000 except as a
server - as a workstation running Motif or something, it wouldn't be
much use on the desktop today.
I guess I should add, that there are 10-year old RS/6000s (43P models)
that run current versions of AIX (5.3), and can run most any OSS you'd
want to throw at them.
Hell, we have designers using recent versions of CATIA on 10-year-old
RS/6000s.
Peace... Sridhar