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> but I am sure these airline systems are super old and wouldn't be surprised if they use IBM DB2 or similar ancient database technology. Not even. They're sti
by mbesto 10y ago
> but I am sure these airline systems are super old and wouldn't be surprised if they use IBM DB2 or similar ancient database technology.
Not even. They're still on mainframes.
- sithadmin 10y agoI don't get what you're trying to get at here. DB2 started its life on IBM mainframes (MVS), and is still often run on z/OS or i.
- tyingq 10y agoThey are still on mainframes running TPF, where DB2 is not an option. The database is TPFDF, a KV datastore.
- compuguy 10y agoThe financial industry still has software running on mainframes. That some are still writing LOB software in VB6.
- GFischer 10y agoCan confirm both - I've been writing LOB software for the financial industry in VB6 up until very recently, and stopped because I switched jobs, not because they've stopped writing them :P To be honest, VB6 is much better than some of the other stuff they have around. I now switched to a travel agency and am interacting with the Sabre blue screen systems that are similarly old.