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AIX On the Desktop Is Getting the Boot 366

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 18, 2008 @12:56PM from the caravan-moving-on dept.

flnca writes "Today, I was playing with the thought again to purchase an AIX workstation one day when I can afford them, and I was surprised to see that IBM is going to give its IntelliStation POWER Series workstations the boot in January '09. A black day for AIX on the desktop. I really wonder what's the problem there, warehouse costs? IBM has a history of burying its best stuff (like OS/2 for instance). Some years ago, I enjoyed hacking away on an RS/6000 workstation running AIX 4.2, and it was a pure joy. Not only the kernel, but also the admin tools, like smit and smitty. Their blade-centric solution uses Windows as a client for workstation application. This truly sounds like IBM wants AIX only for servers anymore. I'm not amused. Although, eXceed on Windows with an XDCMP server running on AIX might also be a viable solution ... whatever. But it can't beat a native POWER box sitting on your desk, that's for sure."

Comment What we really fear is human nature (Score 1) 1208

by solspin on Thursday December 15, 2005 @01:15AM (#14262066) Attached to: It's "1984" in Europe, What About Your Country?

There needs to be a balance of privacy and governmental control. Having said that, humans in control (the government) have a tendency to want more - they become "power hungry" - therefore the scales usually tip on the side of control and not privacy. This can easily be taken to extremes i.e. Hitler and the Holocaust. You would think that the German citizens wouldn't have tolerated such sanity. Not only were they passive observers, but also active participants in one of the worst historical times.

It is good for people to think about the actions of their government and not just blindly accept.

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