| gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:49:07 -0400 |
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:37:48PM -0400, eric@lucii.org wrote: > He tells me that he cannot load Linux on it until he gets the IBM operating > system for it and THAT'S EXPENSIVE. Also, the OS is keyed to the serial > number of the box so you cannot just copy it from another AS/400. > > This is second-hand information. He may be wrong. All basically true. Remember, IBM wants to deal with nothing less than mid-sized businesses, for whom deals like this make complete sense. (The "what you get" part is that they show up and fix problems. Note that they tend to get testy when you decide to fix your own problems.) -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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