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Re:Learn COBOL in 1 Day by nxobject on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @04:56AM (#37389407)
Would you happen to know why your company was able to ditch mainframe iron? (Was it because you didn't need the uptime, for example?)
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Re:Learn COBOL in 1 Day by mvdwoord on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:28AM (#37390310)
It was an initiative from our group CIO to reduce the number if different architectures.

Uptime requirements did not change. There was just a very strong desire to ditch the mainframes ... and a long and painful way there.

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