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Joel Goldstick wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> > I can't help you.  I'm astonished.  Trying to imagine the work
>> environment
>> > where this technology would be necessary
>>
>> http://www.iseriespython.com/app/ispMain.py/Start?job=Home
>>
>> Skip
>>
> I remember the AS400 series.. although I never worked with one.  What kind
> of business still use that stuff? Is it for large corporation accounting,
> MIS stuff?
> 
> 

Some banks still run legacy systems on AS/400s, and I've seen them used for 
airline booking systems and retail POS.