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by neverartful 2587 days ago
"I doubt there’s a legit use-case for a mainframe even in business environments"

You're incorrect. The most common one is to run legacy software, and not just banks. Insurance, retail, utilities, financial, manufacturing, etc. Some companies have been around before x86 hit the scene and already had significant investments in their in-house computing infrastructure.
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Koshkin 2587 days ago
Using a real mainframe in order to run legacy code is probably the most expensive way to do so I can think of.
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neverartful 2587 days ago
Oh? Even when your environment uses z/OS, z/VM, CICS, DB2, and a whole slew of other IBM and 3rd party products? Do you know that all mainframe software is fully supported when run on a mainframe substitute? I have no idea whether it is or isn't.
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