No, they become niche products. Another one was Powerbuilder. SAP was hot in the 90’s too. Oracle was going to replace DB2. It didn’t. I remember the guy who claimed the mainframe was going to be gone by 2000. He was wrong too.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 12:18 PM, Bob Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: I forgot to ask in my last post: Bill, are you laboring under the impression that Visual Basic was a flash in the pan and then died away? That's not what I observe. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* If you don't like my bumper stickers, vote liberal and have them outlawed! */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 15:58 Too many have bought the mainframe is dead idiocy. For decades. The mainframe still processes the vast majority of important work and will for decades to come, long after most of us here are gone. Yes, plenty of kids are doing more “fun” work. It reminds me of 25 years ago when Microsoft certification was the hot tech. I’ve seen dozens of fads come and go that didn’t have the staying power of the good old IBM mainframe. Visual Basic anyone! Oracle was going to replace DB2 said numerous “experts”. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
