Ten years after the AS/400's launch as IBM's flagship platform, usersare debating its future. With Microsoft knocking at the door, the futurehas never looked so bleak, writes Jane Dudman.
Like an old Morris Minor, IBM's proprietary flagship has continued to roll along effortlessly over the years - ostensibly a paragon of changeless virtue. But after around a decade on the production...
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