[Leaplist] AIX on an AMD64 machine

[Randall Perry]

On 3/21/07, Kyle Gonzales <kyle.gonzales at gmail.com> wrote:
> First off, I am sorry you were given such a horrible thing. :P
>
> AIX only runs on the POWER platform.
Practically speaking, yes.  But just an over generalization (probably
to make for a brief answer).
The long answer: it was ported off of PowerPC over 6 years ago.
Remember TheBS talking over and over about SCO being about Project Monterey???
That is _exactly_ about AIX being ported to Itanium platform.
So, way back in 2000, AIX ran on non-power architecture.
That coincided around the 5.1 launch/SCO sold to Caldera/IBM puts
brakes on Monterey/SCO sues IBM.

Homer, if you really want AIX to run, then pickup a cheap box off eBay
for under $200 (that about what a 43p should go for).

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    Randall Perry
    Hope Crisis Response Network
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