I wonder what's causing them to do this. Something tells me that they didn't do this based on feedback saying "Please stop us from sharing copyrighted work!"
I'm 19, so predictably I had little mainframe knowledge in the course of my (mostly self-taught) computer education. I too thought that mainframes were a thing of the past.
Then I got a job at my current employer, where mainframes process all our data, and got to talk to some of the datacenter operators who actually work with all the different platforms we use. What did I find? Mainframes, while not the most user-friendly beasts on the planet, are still indispensible when you have hundreds of employees and hundreds more clients needing numbers crunched without bringing your system to its knees.
Look at the computers that keep the world running - the ones that process your bank statement, the ones that process your credit card statement, and so on. I think you'll find that mainframes are the backbone of the processing infrastructures of the organizations that do this.
Personally, I think it's the "de-geekization" of computing that's to blame. Fewer people are being trained on the complex workhorses behind the scenes, and instead are being trained on the EZ-2-USE REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY OF THE WEEK/MONTH/YEAR!
You aren't allowed to hold a drivers' license unless you can show that you're able to safely operate a vehicle, so you don't endanger the lives of other drivers.
Really, why should it be any different on the Internet? Look at all the clueless users whose boxes become DDoS drones unknowingly, and consequently cause millions of dollars in lost profits to companies like Amazon. It's just a matter of time before someone takes out something critical.
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Because, you know, the UN is so effective at doing this sort of thing.
My parents got VoIP installed not to long ago. I immediately noticed a huge drop in connection stability.
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Not to mention whenever our Internet service goes out, so does our phone service.
... to that crazy Russian lady who claims that stuff like this will mess up her horoscope?
... for April Fools jokes?
I wonder what's causing them to do this. Something tells me that they didn't do this based on feedback saying "Please stop us from sharing copyrighted work!"
I'm 19, so predictably I had little mainframe knowledge in the course of my (mostly self-taught) computer education. I too thought that mainframes were a thing of the past.
Then I got a job at my current employer, where mainframes process all our data, and got to talk to some of the datacenter operators who actually work with all the different platforms we use. What did I find? Mainframes, while not the most user-friendly beasts on the planet, are still indispensible when you have hundreds of employees and hundreds more clients needing numbers crunched without bringing your system to its knees.
Look at the computers that keep the world running - the ones that process your bank statement, the ones that process your credit card statement, and so on. I think you'll find that mainframes are the backbone of the processing infrastructures of the organizations that do this.
Personally, I think it's the "de-geekization" of computing that's to blame. Fewer people are being trained on the complex workhorses behind the scenes, and instead are being trained on the EZ-2-USE REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY OF THE WEEK/MONTH/YEAR!
I wonder if RTA will go the same way.
I really don't get it - it's just another Jabber server that happens to be run by Google.
Sorry, but in that kind of battle, my money's on Ft. Meade.
You aren't allowed to hold a drivers' license unless you can show that you're able to safely operate a vehicle, so you don't endanger the lives of other drivers.
Really, why should it be any different on the Internet? Look at all the clueless users whose boxes become DDoS drones unknowingly, and consequently cause millions of dollars in lost profits to companies like Amazon. It's just a matter of time before someone takes out something critical.