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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
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Subject: Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 02:38:30 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-31, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> On 31/03/2025 04:08, pothead wrote:
>>> Financial institutions are still running COBOL as well as other legacy
>>> systems like TPF.
>>
>> But probably on PCs running IBMS linux
>
> Lloyds are still on zSeries (you can see the job ads...) though no
> doubt with layers of more modern stuff around it.
>
> Replacing legacy systems is welcome, but a failed modernization that
> breaks your customers’ ability to use their banks accounts gets very
> expensive very fast.
>

Correct.
COBOL and oter legacy software are being run on IBM zSeries.


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