W dniu 18.03.2021 o 01:55, Bill Johnson pisze:
Only 1 or 2 banks still use mainframes in 2009? The truth is, all but 1 or 2 banks worldwide don’t use a mainframe in 2021. I’ve worked at 15 different shops in 40 years and only 1 used visual basic and that was over 20 years ago. It was declared legacy in 2008.
To be honest there are three banks in Poland using mainframe located in Poland. And maybe two or three using foreign mainframe (like Citi). The rest is working on some unix or as/400 based systems.
However I have some recognition of banks in Europe and ...I don't know ANY bank not using mainframe. I'm sure there are such banks, but I don't know any of them. I could list several banks in Sweden, Danmark, Netherland, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, UK - all of the countries have more mainframe-based bank than Poland! The insurance market is even more interesting: none of polish insurers use mainframe, and all of the insurers in the countries I mentioned (and I'm aware of) are using mainframe.
Reasons? Loooong story, IMHO the most important is our history and COCOM restrictions.
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