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Original Message
RE: IBM? Mainfames are dead....
Posted by Inmate51 on January 13, 2017 at 08:43:40:
Wow, you ARE an old fart. (Kidding!) In '74, my mentors had a DEC PDP-something or other. One day, after getting everything set up for a loudspeaker test, they let me push the button to start it. I was hooked!
Regarding mainframes...
I'm pretty sure that the IRS, NYSE, American Airlines, and JP Morgan Chase aren't running their business on personal computers.
:)