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Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by 908B64B197 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:51PM (#26426856)
> the new generation doesn't know them or have much of a desire to learn them

No top 50 CS program teaches these tech. No unicorn uses them. Not a single FAANG or FANNG+ if you include other large players.

Finally, no engineering-centric company uses these tech. That's the difference between learning Go vs COBOL.

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Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by pjmlp on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:08PM (#26427053)
That is a very tiny employment market.

There are only a couple of FAANG+, with crazy hiring practices, and most businesses aren't engineering centric, the world is bigger than that.

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Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by 908B64B197 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:48PM (#26429430)
True, but it's the one that's getting the most attention.

It sets the trends and build what's next. RandomBigCo just follows.

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Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by pjmlp on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:29PM (#26429807)
Most RandomBigCo just sees any kind of software development as a cost center, and eventually outsources it, to keep their focus on selling their actual products, while some else writes CRUD applications for stock management.
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Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by worker767424 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @07:38PM (#26430925)
None of the major cloud providers let you lease a mainframe, either.
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