"Just because we're not enthusiastic about some new fangled thing that isn't really new at all, (cloud computing, HSM, virtualisation, all stuff that's been around for decades under a different name), doesn't mean we don't understand it. It just means it's crap and better avoided."
True enough, I'm nearing my mid-50's and realized that as well.
That doesn't mean that every operation requires an AS-500. Mainframes have been relegated to payroll and hospital patient tracking and are beginning to be phased out of the latter.
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Damn it! Stop trouting me! ;)
More seriously, that 20 year old server *is* obsolete. Hell, I'd not even keep one of those in my garage.
And I'm the guy with a Cisco Catalyst 4000 and Dell PowerEdge 2850's in the basement. Running.
I'm on the local electricity company's Christmas card list, with a special gilded card.
Note to self: Join the pen test team for the electricity company at the first opportunity. One exponent needs to be deleted from the bill.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
