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	IBM has a long standing history for providing machinery and services for classical business cases. Maybe the AS/400 is commonly perceived as ultimately boring because of that: The AS/400 is mostly running stuff considered boring (by geeks). Commercial IT at ~~it's~~ best<ref>Or worst.</ref>: Warehouse management, personnel administration, tracking account movements, to name a few. Stuff that makes sure civilisation as we know it won't collapse, because money stops flowing, carriage of goods ceases, personnel isn't directed to where needed.		IBM has a long standing history for providing machinery and services for classical business cases. Maybe the AS/400 is commonly perceived as ultimately boring because of that: The AS/400 is mostly running stuff considered boring (by geeks). Commercial IT at its best<ref>Or worst.</ref>: Warehouse management, personnel administration, tracking account movements, to name a few. Stuff that makes sure civilisation as we know it won't collapse, because money stops flowing, carriage of goods ceases, personnel isn't directed to where needed.

	IBM launched the '''AS/400''' hardware platform with it's proprietary operating system called '''OS/400''' in 1988. This platform was essentially a somewhat modified version of the ''IBM System/38'', announced in 1978. The S/38 is the brainchild of [[wikipedia:Frank Soltis\|Frank Soltis]] (Hardware), Dick Bains and Dan Hicks (Software) and [[wikipedia:Glenn Henry (IT entrepreneur)\|Glenn Henry]] (Project Manager), with contributions from lot more of people.		IBM launched the '''AS/400''' hardware platform with it's proprietary operating system called '''OS/400''' in 1988. This platform was essentially a somewhat modified version of the ''IBM System/38'', announced in 1978. The S/38 is the brainchild of [[wikipedia:Frank Soltis\|Frank Soltis]] (Hardware), Dick Bains and Dan Hicks (Software) and [[wikipedia:Glenn Henry (IT entrepreneur)\|Glenn Henry]] (Project Manager), with contributions from lot more of people.

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Corrected, thanks to Mark

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	IBM launched the '''AS/400''' hardware platform with it's proprietary operating system called '''OS/400''' in 1988. This platform was essentially a somewhat modified version of the ''IBM System/38'', announced in 1978. The S/38 is the brainchild of [[wikipedia:Frank Soltis\|Frank Soltis]] (Hardware), Dick Bains and Dan Hicks (Software) and [[wikipedia:Glenn Henry (IT entrepreneur)\|Glenn Henry]] (Project Manager), with contributions from lot more of people.		IBM launched the '''AS/400''' hardware platform with it's proprietary operating system called '''OS/400''' in 1988. This platform was essentially a somewhat modified version of the ''IBM System/38'', announced in 1978. The S/38 is the brainchild of [[wikipedia:Frank Soltis\|Frank Soltis]] (Hardware), Dick Bains and Dan Hicks (Software) and [[wikipedia:Glenn Henry (IT entrepreneur)\|Glenn Henry]] (Project Manager), with contributions from lot more of people.

	Ca. 1997, the whole platform was rebranded to '''AS/400e''' (for eServer), reflecting IBMs strategy to focus on e-Business. Around the year 2000, the platform was rebranded again as '''iSeries ~~eServer~~''', while around 2005 the next renaming took place, to '''System i''', <ref>Coincidently to a rename of the former RS6000 machines to '''System p'''.</ref> while the Operating System was renamed from '''OS/400''' to '''i5/OS'''. Eventually, with the advent of OS release V6R1 around 2007, the OS got it's today's name, '''IBM i''', while the hardware was renamed to simply '''POWER'''.<ref>The transition from separate hardware developments for AIX and OS/400 to common hardware was completed by then.</ref>		Ca. 1997, the whole platform was rebranded to '''AS/400e''' (for eServer), reflecting IBMs strategy to focus on e-Business. Around the year 2000, the platform was rebranded again as '''eServer iSeries''', while around 2005 the next renaming took place, to '''System i''', <ref>Coincidently to a rename of the former RS6000 machines to '''System p'''.</ref> while the Operating System was renamed from '''OS/400''' to '''i5/OS'''. Eventually, with the advent of OS release V6R1 around 2007, the OS got it's today's name, '''IBM i''', while the hardware was renamed to simply '''POWER'''.<ref>The transition from separate hardware developments for AIX and OS/400 to common hardware was completed by then.</ref>

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	* [https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/as400.pdf A Brief History of the IBM AS/400 and iSeries], IBM write up, unknown author		* [https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/as400.pdf A Brief History of the IBM AS/400 and iSeries], IBM write up, unknown author
	* [https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/OS400.html OS/400 short summary about the peculiarities of the AS/400, and release history of Hard- and Software]		* [https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/OS400.html OS/400 short summary about the peculiarities of the AS/400, and release history of Hard- and Software]
	* https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/ibms-as400-simple-analogy-explains-everything-john-rockwell IBM's AS/400 - A Simple Analogy Explains Everything], LinkedIn

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	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==
			* [https://www.mcpressonline.com/current-events-commentary/analysis-of-news-events/dick-bains-ibm-s38-giant-dead-at-64 Dick Bains, IBM S/38 Giant, Dead at 64], MCPressOnline
			* [https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/rochester/rochester_4010.html IBM Rochester Photo Album], IBM
			* [https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/as400.pdf A Brief History of the IBM AS/400 and iSeries], IBM write up, unknown author
			* [https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/OS400.html OS/400 short summary about the peculiarities of the AS/400, and release history of Hard- and Software]
			* https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/ibms-as400-simple-analogy-explains-everything-john-rockwell IBM's AS/400 - A Simple Analogy Explains Everything], LinkedIn

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	IBM has a long standing history for providing machinery and services for classical business cases. Maybe the AS/400 is commonly perceived as ultimately boring because of that: The AS/400 is mostly running stuff considered boring (by geeks). Commercial IT at it's best<ref>Or worst.</ref>: Warehouse management, personnel administration, tracking account movements, to name a few. Stuff that makes sure civilisation as we know it won't collapse, because money stops flowing, carriage of goods ceases, personnel isn't directed to where needed.		IBM has a long standing history for providing machinery and services for classical business cases. Maybe the AS/400 is commonly perceived as ultimately boring because of that: The AS/400 is mostly running stuff considered boring (by geeks). Commercial IT at it's best<ref>Or worst.</ref>: Warehouse management, personnel administration, tracking account movements, to name a few. Stuff that makes sure civilisation as we know it won't collapse, because money stops flowing, carriage of goods ceases, personnel isn't directed to where needed.

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IBM has a long standing history for providing machinery and services for classical business cases. Maybe the AS/400 is commonly perceived as ultimately boring because of that: The AS/400 is mostly running stuff considered boring (by geeks). Commercial IT at it's best<ref>Or worst.</ref>: Warehouse management, personnel administration, tracking account movements, to name a few. Stuff that makes sure civilisation as we know it won't collapse, because money stops flowing, carriage of goods ceases, personnel isn't directed to where needed.

IBM launched the '''AS/400''' hardware platform with it's proprietary operating system called '''OS/400''' in 1988. This platform was essentially a somewhat modified version of the ''IBM System/38'', announced in 1978. The S/38 is the brainchild of [[wikipedia:Frank Soltis|Frank Soltis]] (Hardware), Dick Bains and Dan Hicks (Software) and [[wikipedia:Glenn Henry (IT entrepreneur)|Glenn Henry]] (Project Manager), with contributions from lot more of people.

Ca. 1997, the whole platform was rebranded to '''AS/400e''' (for eServer), reflecting IBMs strategy to focus on e-Business. Around the year 2000, the platform was rebranded again as '''iSeries eServer''', while around 2005 the next renaming took place, to '''System i''', <ref>Coincidently to a rename of the former RS6000 machines to '''System p'''.</ref> while the Operating System was renamed from '''OS/400''' to '''i5/OS'''. Eventually, with the advent of OS release V6R1 around 2007, the OS got it's today's name, '''IBM i''', while the hardware was renamed to simply '''POWER'''.<ref>The transition from separate hardware developments for AIX and OS/400 to common hardware was completed by then.</ref>

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