Ask HN: Why hasn't the cloud killed the mainframe?

Re:Ask HN: Why hasn't the cloud killed the mainframe? by dusted on Thursday August 31, 2023 @04:47AM (#37334246)

I can't think of any valid arguments for moving anything important away from a well understood and proven-reliable system.

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Re:Ask HN: Why hasn't the cloud killed the mainframe? by homeslike on Thursday August 31, 2023 @04:56AM (#37334308)

in the case of mainframes the main reason would be that nobody wants to learn cobol anymore and maintainers of legacy code are litarally dying out.

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Re:Ask HN: Why hasn't the cloud killed the mainframe? by Zababa on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:36PM (#37345374)

I think the issue is more exactly "nobody wants to learn cobol at that price". Lots of people found a passion for JavaScript and React in the last years due to the salaries.

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