25 Mar
2007
25 Mar
'07
9:37 a.m.
jim wrote:
I have a friend who has a system that he loads
OS/400 on, and lets it turn into a pumpkin every
couple of months, and just keeps reloading it.
I don't know what sorts of development you can
do on the system, as it is closed. I would think
that most development just consists of customizing
either IBM aps, or those you have purchased. I
have heard from him that you can run for some time
on a single terminal (unknown how long, but I recall
the couple of month time frame) and then just reload.
good enough for testing and play.
I don't understand the comment - with compilers you can do any
development you want. That's why he needs license keys. Otherwise,
signing onto AS/400 and reloading it every few months isn't very fulfilling.
The AS/400 isn't known as a hackers box, but it does do C, TCP/IP, etc.
And some releases of OS/400 (the later ones) are POSIX compliant.
It's not a closed system.
-Mike