IBM Gets AS/400 Running On PlayStation 38
TomPee writes "Hackers may have oiled the rails for Linux fans eager to run their favourite Penguin-fronted operating system on Xbox, but that's nothing compared to IBM's latest in-house project, according to Gamesindustry.biz: running the AS/400 enterprise operating system on a humble PlayStation.
Now I'm only wondering: what will be the practical use of this ?" According to another account from News.com.au, which non-specifically mentions 'PlayStation', it may be that IBM are working on the PS2, and not the PSOne, as the newer article claims.
Perhaps a real use. (Score:3, Interesting)
Perhaps now the whackjobs of the world will have a reason to stockpile consoles other than needing their fix of Final Fantasy.
Just a thought...
IBM's secret plan to take over the world. (Score:3, Interesting)
Maybe the idea here is that IBM is working on a robust OS and networking system and maybe the hardware for use in future Sony platforms (PS3, anyone?) and has done this as a demonstration of what they can do. If they can make it work with the PSOne, they can make it work with anything.
It's kind of karmic, the PS3 also being the PS/3 and all.