Re:A Generation Lost in the Bazaar (2012)
by btilly on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @10:04PM
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If you want backwards compatibility, you really should look at IBM.
Their mainframe family still runs most serious financial platforms around the world, and it is routine to run code written decades ago on the latest generation of hardware.
No, it is not cool. It is not sexy. It is not cheap.
Their mainframe family still runs most serious financial platforms around the world, and it is routine to run code written decades ago on the latest generation of hardware.
No, it is not cool. It is not sexy. It is not cheap.
But it is backwards compatible. With a vengeance.