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Mainframes are still a big thing (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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What's the Ballpark?

Volpark estimates what it would cost to acquire and operate an IBM mainframe for a year. "We're not talking hundreds of thousands, we're talking millions," he says. You've got to weigh the total cost of what you're trying to do against another way to do it,. While a rack of servers may be cheaper than a mainframe, how many racks do you need?

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