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Sure z/OS is boring if your job is to write Cobol programs but if you are interested in sophisticated operating systems packed with very smart algorithms then i
by tony-allan 8y ago
Sure z/OS is boring if your job is to write Cobol programs but if you are interested in sophisticated operating systems packed with very smart algorithms then it's a different matter.
You can read about amazing hardware and IBM's ability to fuse hardware, microcode and software capabilities that keep pushing the ability to solve business problems. Yes, most of this is needed to extract value out of incredibly expensive technology.
- voidmain0001 8y agoAgreed! How could anyone consider Tandem Nonstop[1] boring when it let you rip and replace RAM, and CPU, etc on the fly with no downtime. Fun, fun! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NonStop_(server_computers) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NonStop_(server_computers)