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It sounds you had a much bigger budget than we had ;) BTW, the Mainframe had a sql-database (DB2) and was attached to Active-Directory already, the Reports/Pri

by nix23 5y ago

It sounds you had a much bigger budget than we had ;) BTW, the Mainframe had a sql-database (DB2) and was attached to Active-Directory already, the Reports/Print-jobs where send to a Linux Machine, it was actively maintained and not some old crusty 70's System.

rbanffy 5y ago
The only sad part here is that you didn’t get your own 3278 with beam spring keyboard ;-) People often equate a later fad with “modernisation” when a well architected app can be easy to manage even if written in COBOL and running under CICS. If a person can learn Java, they can learn to read COBOL.
- nix23 5y ago
  >The only sad part here is that you didn’t get your own 3278 with beam spring keyboard ;-) Hey! I have my beloved HHKB Professional 2 since years :-) >If a person can learn Java, they can learn to read COBOL. Well...well yes! That's true especially the modern one's.
  - rbanffy 5y ago
    > Hey! I have my beloved HHKB Professional 2 since years :-) Doesn’t come even close. ;-)
    - nix23 5y ago
      Don't you dare to say anything more!!! But i believe you ;)
      - rbanffy 5y ago
        You don't need to trust me. Trust the almost physiological reaction they provoke on an unprepared human: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNRH1ULmbNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNRH1ULmbNA