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@frank_thelen @Ferrari This would have been great for April Fool’s Day.

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@Boarding99 @frank_thelen @Ferrari A black vent decal, 2 yellow stickers, and new rims.

Everyone can own a “Ferrari” for $35,400.

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@DerTest5 @frank_thelen @Ferrari Take the engine out and fill every available space with batteries….done.

Hire me Ferrari.

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@frank_thelen @Ferrari I just saved $600,000 by sticking a little yellow Ferrari sticker on my Prius.

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@frank_thelen @Ferrari The 12 yr old BMW i8 looks better inside and out.

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@frank_thelen @Ferrari I look forward to picking this car up for under 30k in 10 years.

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@DrRitaDed @FreezaFan Men without penises lost the sword fight.

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@Patrick26383 @Geniustechw It looked more trans to me.

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@mailman1369 @Geniustechw Is it legal to put posters on dark poles?

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@Michael27977302 @Geniustechw Correct, that light should have been placed across the street.

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@paste101 @Geniustechw Then we would have 2 bare poles.

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@JeffSnyder54838 @Geniustechw How do you know he is even Polish?

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@PaulMoses4you @Geniustechw Light Pole?

They are called white Polish people.

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@TrumpsHurricane Hi mom.

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@libsoftiktok I guess they don’t care about all the Covid they will spread now. 😏

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@silentblossom_ Are they preventing her family from leaving too?

No?

Then they are not separating her family.

She knows that this was always a possibility.

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@LibOrNormal Have you ever seen lips make square shapes. Is she married to SpongeBob?

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@AlchemyShootist Have you ever seen lips make square shapes. Is she married to SpongeBob?

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@MichaelARothman Have you ever seen lips make square shapes. Is she married to SpongeBob?

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Will you fix your article? Consider the following 15 points below.

1. IBM 5250 is a protocol.

2. There is no such thing as an IBM AS/400 mainframe. The AS/400 was a midrange computer. The IBM mainframe is a totally different platform running its own OS.

3. The IBM systems run my Costco and Home Depot are very likely around 3 years old.

4. They don't require physical access to use them. The connections are made remotely using the 5250 protocol. The system are in the same data center or cloud as the windows and linux servers.

5. IBM does not support AS400 systems. IBM does not support iSeries systems. The System i never used the IBM i operating system. IBM only supports the IBM i which runs on the very modern and high tech Power System platform. IBM i systems have completely new architecture that was designed to be backward compatible with AS400 and iSeries. They didn't evolve as much as they were completely redesigned.

6. The reason that IBM i systems do not get hacked is because they were designed from the ground up to be secure. Unlike Windows and Linux, every single object, (Library, file, directory, database, etc) has it's own individual security. There is no trick like renaming an .exe to a .txt file that would work.

7. IBM i systems are not obscure. Many large banks and casinos also use them for security. These system handles very large transactions. (Think thousands of slot machine. Counting thousands of checks. Handling millions of online banking transactions. Think Office Depot, Ebay. A windows server would melt.) Companies that absolutely must remain operational use them because they have 99.9999 uptime. That's less than 32 seconds of downtime a year. Any gadgets or modern PCs providing that?

8. The companies that run IBM i do not avoid hacking because of obscurity. These are some of the biggest companies that hackers would love to hack. The hackers are simply shut down by the overpowering security of the system. Every hacked company should be sued for negligence because important data should only reside on an IBM i.

9. The uptime has been 99.999% for many years and is now 99.9999%.

10. The oldest supported IBM i system was released in 2014. It is supported only with limited extended support until April 30, 2026. At that time the oldest will be 2016. Windows oldest supported server is also from 2016 but still provides some support for 2012 servers. Linux still supports 2014 servers. In comparison, IBM does not support older systems than other companies.

11. IBM i systems have proven to be cooler running which lowers cost. They have also provided greater transactions per second. This is because the efficient DB2 database is not added to use like on a Mainframe, on an IBM i DB2 is literally the core system. This provides additional benefits as the system maintains its own database. There is no need to hire DBA's. A Windows or Linux team may be 10-200 people in many large companies. In comparison, 1 person can run all the companies global IBM i systems. In most cases, there are 2 people just to cover vacations or potential job vacancies. Because of these overall staff funding advantages, IBM i Engineers very highly paid for their expert knowledge to be able to handle every part of these high tech systems which are using the very latest cutting edge technology. AI runs beautifully on an IBM i. They can use the same databases, programming languages, and automation products as any other platform. There is no limit to what these highly logical systems can do.

12. Costco and any other company are not running legacy systems. They run systems that are possibly brand new or only a few years old in most cases.

13. Yes, an IBM i can easily handle keeping inventory. Warehouse picking can be performed with an IBM i hands-free. The pickers have a head-set, which tells them where to go and what to pick without the need to look at a screen at all. The real advantage is with handling the millions of transactions required by these systems. People ordering world-wide, in store and at home. Most in store systems have modern interfaces. Obviously, ordering from a browser at home or from a phone has a modern interface. Beside that many of these companies perform accounting, billing, customer server, order entry, HR, time clocks, etc.. All of the businesses processes can be performed quickly and securely using an IBM i.

14. IBM i systems are mostly using different SAN systems for storage. IBM i systems were the first to develop and use virtual systems. They mostly use VTLs instead of physical tape drives for backups. They can replicate to a DR site in real-time and be switched over from production to a DR system to run faster than any other system in most cases. They don't even need to be taken down for backups as backups can be done using another system using a SNAP. All of this can also be done using these systems from a cloud provider.

15. IBM i systems are almost always connected to the Internet. You do not need to be physically present to operate them. In fact, you can even operate their consoles remotely, many times from a phone. You can also turn them on remotely if you set them up to. They are not obscure. The IBM i system is in most cases newer than Windows and Linux. There is simply no good mechanism in which to hack them like every other operating system. In this new world of breaches and ransomware, look to more companies adopting the new cutting edge IBM i systems to protect their data using the best security available. Look for these same companies to run their AI systems on an IBM i. When IBM i is running the clear majority of businesses in the future, the protection through obscurity narrative will be finally put to rest for the IBM i legendary system.