Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993

Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by chasil on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:23AM (#39395245)

I am very aware that an instance of db2 is deeply embedded into the OS, which is designed to be easily maintained. I deal with one regularly at another corporate site.

You might also find it interesting to consider that the CPU was likely made by Global Foundries (assuming that their arrangement with IBM is still in place).

I am still trying to get my coworkers excited about VMS on x86; our VAX users are completely disinterested.

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Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by actionfromafar on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:57AM (#39395428)

You have VAX users?

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Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by chasil on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:31AM (#39396073)

VMS 7.3.

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Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by cbm-vic-20 on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:51AM (#39397781)

Are they still actually running on VAX, or something more "modern" like Alpha?

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Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by chasil on Friday February 16, 2024 @10:30AM (#39398328)

We are using the Charon VAX emulator on an HPE Xeon.

I have my own skunkworks VMS 1.0 on SimH, from these instructions:

https://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_VMS_V1.0_on_SIMH

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Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by sgt on Friday February 16, 2024 @11:57AM (#39399661)

Who is using VMS in 2024? Use case?

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Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993 by chasil on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:09PM (#39400747)

An enormous set of COBOL applications using TDMS.

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