• psud
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    1 年前

    It’s still supported because there’s billions of dollars moved by COBOL code and IBM and others want a share of the profit of those who move billions

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      True, but look at the documentation for IBM platforms and compare it to legacy documentation from Microsoft. People keep using it and part of it is because it has a lower maintenance cost than the short term costs of moving on. It’s not trust that exists in a vacuum, Microsoft has tried to sell too hard being a Microsoft developer using their Microsoft tools to ever have that legacy demand, companies will just use *nix instead.