http://www.networkworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/8092 Showing new posts in a forum view en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23123 <p>Some users have gone to great lengths to dispose of their <a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_album.html">mainframe</a> but <a href="/community/node/17133">few</a> have gone this far. On November 21, 2007, the <a href="http://umanitoba.ca/">University of Manitoba</a> said goodbye to its beloved 47-year-old IBM 650 mainframe <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse">Betelgeuse</a> by holding a New Orleans style jazz funeral. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23123"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jEFPPeUJPEA&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jEFPPeUJPEA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><p>According to the <a href="http://umanitoba.ca/mainframe/index.php">Web site devoted to the funeral</a>: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23123#comments Data Center General discussions IBM 650 mainframe University of Manitoba Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:50:49 -0500 Layer 8 23123 at http://www.networkworld.com/community