The IBM System i is IBM's previous generation of midrange computer systems for IBM i users, and was subsequently replaced by the IBM Power Systems in April 2008.
The platform was first introduced as the AS/400 (Application System/400) on June 21, 1988 and later renamed to the eServer iSeries in 2000. As part of IBM's Systems branding initiative in 2006, it was again renamed to System i. The codename of the AS/400 project was "Silver Lake", named for the lake in downtown Rochester, Minnesota, where development of the system took place.
In April 2008, IBM announced its integration with the System p platform. The unified product line is called IBM Power Systems and features support for the IBM i (previously known as i5/OS or OS/400), AIX and GNU/Linux operating systems.
The predecessor to AS/400, IBM System/38, was first made available in August 1979 and was marketed as a minicomputer for general business and departmental use. It was sold alongside other product lines, each with a different architecture (System/3, System/32, System/34, System/36).
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And catch the silver sunlight in your hands
Come for me and set me free
Lift me up and take me where I stand
She believes in everything
And everyone, and you and yours and mine
I waited for a thousand years
For you to come and blow me out my mind
Hey Lyla, a star's about to fall
So what d'you say Lyla?
The world around us makes me feel so small Lyla
If you can't hear me call then I can't say Lyla
Heaven help you catch me if I fall
She's the queen of all I've seen
And every song and city far and near
Heaven-hell my mademoiselle
She ring the bell for all the world to hear
Hey Lyla, a star's about to fall
So what d'you say Lyla?
The world around us makes me feel so small Lyla
If you can't hear me call then I can't say Lyla
Heaven'll help you catch me if I fall
Hey Lyla, a star's about to fall
So what d'you say Lyla?
The world around us makes me feel so small Lyla
If you can't hear me call then I can't say Lyla
Heaven'll help you catch me when I fall
Hey Lyla