Thomas Conley wrote: <snip>
The article talked about a vintage 1960's mainframe, so I guess these guys are running an S/360.
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I find that highly improbable. The (3rd party, perforce) maintenance cost on a S/360 box alone would likely make the total ownership cost of something a *lot* newer look like rounding error. Then there's reliability, floor space, power, and AC to consider...even the US Government accounts got off their S/360 boxes many, many moons ago. (And it quite literally used to--and perhaps still does--take acts of Congress to save money by replacing old stuff with new stuff. Go figure.)
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