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[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

How old do you think the mainframes running Social Security are?

[-] pohart@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

Do you have reason to think that? Organizations that use mainframes keep them up-to-date in my experience.

[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Chatty government contractors. I imagine some parts are updated but at least 2 years ago there was still a load of legacy hardware kicking for them to speak of

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago

Old enough to collect benefits themselves

[-] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Probably a mix of Z systems, that stuff goes back 20-odd years, and even then older code can still run on new Z systems which is something IBM brags about.
Mainframes aren't old they're just niche technology, and that includes enterprise Java software.

[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Think further back. Like late 80s to 90s IBM

[-] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah, that's what they said, 20 years or so ago

[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

Ok this is gonna hurt. 2005 was 20 years ago

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