> It always felt like IBM enterprise stuff that $$$$ heavy are in a world of its own completely disconnected from people who cant think in that much $$$s. You'

> It always felt like IBM enterprise stuff that $$$$ heavy are in a world of its own completely disconnected from people who cant think in that much $$$s. You're not wrong. Licenses for even the most trivial of software cost literal fortunes. It's just that these systems process billions of software and run millions of lines written decades ago. The cost is a mere blip.