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Re:My Raspberry Pi Thinks It's a Mainframe by delinka on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @10:10AM (#3976609)
I'm surprised someone hasn't mentioned attempting to supplant IBM's older mainframes with smaller units like Pi, Arduino or Bone. However, maybe it's generally known that ... you can't. Because IBM has the same hardware/software tying licensing arrangement that people decry Apple for having.
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Re:My Raspberry Pi Thinks It's a Mainframe by spitfire on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:26PM (#3977299)
What is bone? ddg search doesn't find anything easily.
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Re:My Raspberry Pi Thinks It's a Mainframe by winestock on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:38PM (#3977361)
He means the BeagleBone. It's an ARM-based single-board computer that fits in a mint tin.

http://beagleboard.org/bone

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Re:My Raspberry Pi Thinks It's a Mainframe by dredmorbius on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @05:02PM (#3978822)
I've been saving mint tins for something just like this....
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Re:My Raspberry Pi Thinks It's a Mainframe by dawson on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:38PM (#3977355)
http://beagleboard.org/bone
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