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Re:The Eternal Mainframe (2013) by rossdavidh on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:56PM (#20872139)
Ah, but it's not a mainframe, it's a "server farm in a box"! That's way different.

By the way, there was a time when mainframes had multiple hardware sources for the same standard.

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Re:The Eternal Mainframe (2013) by nordsieck on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @07:00PM (#20872193)
> Ah, but it's not a mainframe, it's a "server farm in a box"! That's way different.

No amount of funny youtube videos or tag lines will paper over IBM's z-series pricing.

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