Comments on: The AS/400: Good for crime http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/ A Search400.com blog Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jessieclark http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-603 Jessieclark Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:49:14 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-603 How can anyone view this as a fall for the AS400?! – This is a machine which is most well known for its secure architechure – that actually earned the trust of Madoff, the master mind of the ponzi scheme, to perform his most secretive business transactions.

]]> By: COMPUTERPROGRAMMER http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-602 COMPUTERPROGRAMMER Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:16:22 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-602 Oh no! A computer that allows people to punch in numbers? I guess the new and improved systems don’t allow any human interaction. They must just sit there and use electricity.

]]> By: HimanshuS http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-601 HimanshuS Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:10:35 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-601 This only proves that AS/400 is a powerful business machine, and can be a boon for your business if you use it for right purposes. by the way, in the movies that I have seen, laptops and PCs have been used for crimes :)

]]> By: Troy Tate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-600 Troy Tate Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:16:57 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-600 There’s some interesting history about how IBM technology has been used for purposes other than human progress. Take a look at the [A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust"]IBM & the Holocaust book[/A]. IBM’s equipment became a major enabler to the Third Reich and their “perfect plan”. It is quite interesting and eye-opening reading material.

]]> By: Oldpgmr http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-599 Oldpgmr Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:10:03 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-599 at least he could not claim that his scams & thefts were the work of viruses, security breaches, or hackers on this “old clunker of a computer.”.

]]> By: Slateken http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-598 Slateken Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-598 My initial reaction was that the AS/400 should face the death penalty. Then I realized that IBM has already long-ago taken care of that for us![A href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comments"]

]]> By: Slateken http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-597 Slateken Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:02:44 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-597 My initial reaction was that the AS/400 should face the death penalty. Then I realized that IBM has already long-ago taken care of that for us…

http://systeminetwork.com/article/system-formerly-known-as400#comment-224

]]> By: Yorkshireman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-596 Yorkshireman Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:41:27 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/the-as400-good-for-crime/#comment-596 The book is written by a journalist, so it won’t be true or accurate.

Clunky old . … (fill in any computer – Apple, Amstrad, Tandy, IBM.. )

Hey – at least he wasn’t using a clunku old sheet of paper..

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