[nylug-talk] Comparing RISC with CICS processor

[Joseph M. Gaffney]

On Friday 12 January 2007 14:17, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> This is 2007. Get with the program. Please explain the *business reason*
> behind replacing very old hardware with more very old hardware.

Because sometimes it works better.

For example, a farmer runs his chicken coop and other things off a linux box 
(this is not a hypothetical situation btw) - which happens to be a 486.  It 
was cheap, effective, and has been running for years.

No, its not RISC/CISC, but it sometimes does make sense to use very old 
hardware if it damn well works.

-Joseph M. Gaffney