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* [http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html OS/400 Release Life Cycle table] | * [http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html OS/400 Release Life Cycle table] | ||
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Revision as of 21:38, 20 August 2007
OS400 (sometimes referred to as i5/OS) is the core of the iSeries and the thing that makes it the unique system it is. See OS/400 101 Introduction.
OS400 includes a very robust variation of the DB2 database.
Generally, OS400 is accessed using a 5250 emulator.
Contrary to popular belief, the OS/400 provides a large number of "Open" resources common on other systems, in addition to a few IBM-only 400 languages and database tools.
- Java
- Apache Web server
- Posix compliant API's accessible from many programming languages.
- PHP
Originally OS/400, meaning Operating System 400, was for the AS/400, meaning Advanced System 400.
Then IBM came out with variants and re-inventing renaming ... see Names ... such as the AS/36 Advanced System 36, which offered an advanced version of S/36 OS SSP running on the AS/36 one of two flavors:
