[Info-vax] And another one bites the dust....

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2022-02-27 kl. 02:47, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
> On 2/17/2022 5:17 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 2/17/2022 4:41 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 2/17/2022 3:10 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 2/17/2022 2:39 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>> On 2/17/22 14:17, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> On 2/17/2022 1:59 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>>>> I'd like to know just who and what the "industry" Arne refers to is? 
>>>>>>> It's
>>>>>>> always easy to use some nebulous term.  But just what is it? Perhaps 
>>>>>>> it is a
>>>>>>> "transfer", as in "transfer your money to us"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is all those companies using IT. And the decisions they make.
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean all those people running zSystems with COBOL, DB2 and CICS
>>>>> that actually make up the largest majority of the money makers in the
>>>>> world?  The ones who have been told for at least 4 decades that the
>>>>> mainframe is dead.  Oh yeah, and so is COBOL.
>>>>
>>>> The IT industry also include those.
>>>>
>>>> But in the big picture they are a tiny part of the IT industry. And
>>>> not only a tiny part but also a shrinking part.
>>>
>>> Arne, when you offer an opinion, please identify it as "opinion".
>>
>> That mainframe is a tiny portion of IT today is not an
>> opinion - it is a fact. You can start by looking at
>> sales figures.
> 
> As an illustration: Fujitsu will stop selling mainframes
> in 2030 and stop support in 2035.
> 
> https://www.pcgamer.com/50-of-transactions-were-fraudulent-when-steam-accepted-bitcoin-for-payments-says-gabe-newell/ 
> 
> 
> (and they are also ditching Solaris/Sparc in 2029 and 2034)
> 
> Arne
> 
> 
> 

I do not see that the link supports that claim.