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Long one of the main reasons for IBM mainframes was the bet your business software that wouldn't run anywhere else and that would be too expensive to rewrite to
by graycat 12y ago
Long one of the main reasons for
IBM mainframes was the bet your business
software that wouldn't run anywhere
else and that would be too expensive
to rewrite to run somewhere else.
Also, there is a remark that in major
parts of the financial industry, running
an IBM mainframe is nearly a necessary
condition for compliance.
- jussij 12y ago> would be too expensive to rewrite to run somewhere else. I'm don't doubt that is a major factor. Add to that the major risk that what every new system you move to might actually fail to work or end up costing more.