On 21 March 2014 17:27, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > http://ask.metafilter.com/257424/Why-are-airline-computer-reservation-systems-so-slow#3741374
For the last few months I have been working on integrating our software with a well known hotel network. (no names, but yeah that one) The whole system just *smells* like an old mainframe/mini system. In a past life I worked for TicketMaster. They used old Vax systems (my last Fox job lol!). These servers were out of the stone age (UK here, but the US used the same hardware). Replacement parts were bought on eBay. I heard they were replacing these with Vax emulators. These handled booking for the entire of London's West End theatres (I think there were 4) as well as large venues like Twickenham rugby stadium. Each server had a max storage capacity of 4Gb... -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CADwx0+JzJrAr6Rmo9Y49+0VH1PGWes9zp-2JzaBe2mWE7hM=v...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
