After the migration, when they were "decomissioning" the mainframe itself, the company photographer took a picture of the migration team gathered around the mai

After the migration, when they were "decomissioning" the mainframe itself, the company photographer took a picture of the migration team gathered around the mainframe. It was unplugged, being gutted, with copper pipes sticking out. Years later, looking at a print, it reminded me of the old pictures of a whaling crew gathered around a whale carcass--don't get me wrong, whales are much more valuable and important. It does seem like we helped destroy something we really didn't completely understand the value of.