I would say the the reason would be the Iron curtain. IBM mainframes weren't available behind the iron curtain and USSR clones were pretty limited availability.
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:33 PM Radoslaw Skorupka <[email protected]> wrote: > > W dniu 18.03.2021 o 01:55, Bill Johnson pisze: > > Only 1 or 2 banks still use mainframes in 2009? The truth is, all but 1 or > > 2 banks worldwide don’t use a mainframe in 2021. > > I’ve worked at 15 different shops in 40 years and only 1 used visual basic > > and that was over 20 years ago. It was declared legacy in 2008. > > To be honest there are three banks in Poland using mainframe located in > Poland. And maybe two or three using foreign mainframe (like Citi). The > rest is working on some unix or as/400 based systems. > > However I have some recognition of banks in Europe and ...I don't know > ANY bank not using mainframe. I'm sure there are such banks, but I don't > know any of them. I could list several banks in Sweden, Danmark, > Netherland, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, UK - all of the countries > have more mainframe-based bank than Poland! The insurance market is even > more interesting: none of polish insurers use mainframe, and all of the > insurers in the countries I mentioned (and I'm aware of) are using > mainframe. > > Reasons? Loooong story, IMHO the most important is our history and COCOM > restrictions. > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > (looking for new job) > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
