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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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