Why Would Anyone Keep an Old Mainframe Computer System?
You may not believe this but there are a lot of old mainframe computers still running today and they are running quite well. Many people ask why this is because the computing today can be done with much less space. But the reality is that many of these computer systems were built in the 70s and 80s and they cost quite a bit of money, and now they are paid for, and since they are working perfectly fine there is no need to replace them. Additionally many of these systems are connected to hardware such as running printing presses, manufacturing facilities, and giant check-writing machines. Not everyone operates like the United States government where they just can all the old stuff and buy all the new stuff. Not all companies wish to shell out millions of new dollars on a new computer system today when they will be obsolete in five years. Especially if the machines they already have are already obsolete and they are working fine. Not long ago, I talked to someone who worked for the mainfr
