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by brazzy
598 days ago
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Did you stop reading somewhere in the middle? I cannot fathom how else you could miss the point so completely. The point is not about technological similarities at all. It's about who controls the hardware and thus ultimately has the power over its use. "The mainframe" which the author is talking about is not characterized by COBOL, but by having huge corporations control the hardware which everyone is using in their daily lives, giving them power over everyone. |
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You missed this one here:
"The data is most valuable when it is in the mainrack. Your Facebook data isn't nearly as useful without the ability to post to the pages of your friends. Your Google Docs files aren't as useful without the ability to collaborate with others. Dynamic state matters; it's the whole point of having computers because it allows automation and communication."
Data tables, data tables, and data tables. Data tables over flow-charts . Fred Brooks all the way down.