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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/27/2022 7:24 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> 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)
> 
> I do not see that the link supports that claim.

Copy paste error. Sorry.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/25/fujitsu_signposts_the_end_for

Arne