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Now that you mention it. Isn’t the brand new FedNow program built using mainframe tech? Shit man, IBM will live on for centuries (assuming we get that far)
by xyst 3y ago
Now that you mention it. Isn’t the brand new FedNow program built using mainframe tech?
Shit man, IBM will live on for centuries (assuming we get that far)
- throwawayForMe2 3y agoThe FRB moved the last of its major services off of the mainframe around 2017 I believe. It does use MQ as an interface.
- mhh__ 3y agoMainframes are technologically pretty interesting just wrapped in IBM poison
- rbanffy 3y agoYou are not forced to use the "poison" - you can get them as LinuxONE machines and run everything on top of a very thin hypervisor (which is necessary, since nothing runs on bare metal on the newer machines).
- mhh__ 3y agoAm I not then throwing away all the cool stuff that makes them unique? The poison I'm referring to is the IBM bean counters and lock-in not the software
- rbanffy 3y agoAFAIK, the LinuxONE boxes come without lock-in - what you pay for is what you get and there aren't any monthly subscriptions as there are with z/OS and the various pay-as-you-go features (besides, of course, the maintenance contract you WILL want to have for a multi-million dollar machine that uses mostly bespoke hardware). Am I wrong?