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The XP factor is another good reason why people stay on mainframes. They tend to be supported forever, or as near as dammit. You don't get that (quite reasonabl
by lucozade 10y ago
The XP factor is another good reason why people stay on mainframes. They tend to be supported forever, or as near as dammit. You don't get that (quite reasonably) with consumer grade software and hardware.
- gadders 10y agoAlso, IBM Z series provide full backward compatibility [1], so you can have new hardware and still run your COBOL program from 1976 with no issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_z#Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_z#Architecture