This isn't an argument against them being the "walking dead." If nobody was using them anymore, they'd just be the dead-dead. The "walking" part comes from the

This isn't an argument against them being the "walking dead." If nobody was using them anymore, they'd just be the dead-dead. The "walking" part comes from their existing support base propping them up. "Oracle and EMC are fine, just like 286s!" is not an argument that would comfort an executive at those companies.