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The Mainframe World Is Alive, Even For Those Under 40
willdavid writes with a link to a report by Jeff Gould at Interop Systems, about the definitely-still-around world of mainframe computing, from which he extracts:
"Last week I had the occasion to visit SHARE, the premier mainframe conference, which was held in San Jose just down the road from where I live.
Based on what I saw, there is one thing I can tell you for sure, and that is that Cobol is not dead. And neither is the mainframe.
When I mentioned to one of my friends that I had been to SHARE, he joked that it must have looked like an AARP convention. But this turned out not to be so. While there were certainly a few 60-somethings strolling around the halls, the under 40 generation was also well represented. What struck me the most was not the advanced age of the people but the relative youth of a lot of the software being discussed."
However, it's not all fountain of youth there, either. (Thanks, BDPrime.)
I think you mean the "almost 40 generation". ;-)
Dude, slashdot ... this is. Links to youtube for answers to mainframe questions will simply not suffice. Video? No thanks. You must link to a slideshow of picture of IBM cards of programs ( preferably FORTRAN) that will out put the answers to the questions that we seek.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Mainframe I'd Like to Fsck!
I question the need of mainframes today. Now, they are great for running legacy programs (such as payroll, etc) but other than for backwards-compatibly, what advantage does a mainframe have compared to say, a server?
Send me your Resume... if getting payed is something you consider "legacy" then I'd be happy to negotiate some legacy pay terms.
LoL: captch is "weekend"
I think you'll find the tool is a class, not an object.
Yeah, but look at the spec that counts.
HP's top of the line barely weighs over a ton, whereas IBM's top Z box weighs a little over two!
Not so smart now, huh, HP?
I think you'll find that tool is slang for penis.
You can be an atheist and still not want to succumb to some weird cross-over sheep disease -- AC
The only real reason they still exist is so that people can run Vista with decent performance. *runs away at the sight of humorless mods*
I'm feeling very old, because I know you didn't make this up.
My dad once almost lost his job because he and his co-worker blew a year's computing budget on an infinite loop one night. It was on a Boeing computer services machine in about 1972, IIRC.
I was taught to respect my elders. The trouble is, it's getting harder and harder to find some.
If a majority of those folks were over 60 I doubt they'd continue returning to Orlando every few years.
Because old people don't like Florida?
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Has anyone actually done this? For me, Google returns exactly one hit -- your comment. Nice googlewhack, but not exactly a valid citation.
(ooohh, you mean without the quotes!)
"Good news, everyone!"
Mmmm with an ID under 18000 you should have a mainframe to heat your basement, no?