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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:36:23 +0100
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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.

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