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		kasey_junk on July 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes The exact same thing can be said about the IBM mainframes they are replacing. Which is a much older business model.

kragen on July 6, 2022 [–]

Yes, running your business on IBM mainframes is a very expensive mistake, for the same reasons; but even IBM mainframes don't have the degree of price-discrimination power that a cloud provider does.

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