[nylug-talk] Comparing RISC with CICS processor

[Eric Moore]

"Joseph M. Gaffney" <cucullin at wtfisthat.net> writes:

> 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.

[...]

> 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.

[...]

Well, that's a case for continuing to use it.  I'd even see the case
for digging up an old 486 to replace the chicken coop machine if the
original machine let the magic smoke out.  But to replace it with a
Microvax II strikes me as really bizarre.

> -Joseph M. Gaffney

-- 
Eric