On 04/06/2013 05:51 PM, MG wrote:
On 6-apr-2013 22:27, Dave McGuire wrote:
*sigh* Troll.
You really shouldn't get so 'emotional' over these things.
I just don't like trolls, or people who spout off at the mouth without
knowing a damn thing about what they're talking about.
They are.
I can see you don't much keep up with the news.
I realize this is a retro/classic computing mailing list, but...
...more trolling...
Why would
they? They're doing fine. The banks haven't stopped
buying them, and that's who matters in that world.
But the NonStop and other people tell me exactly the same. Who am
I supposed to believe?
I don't give a shit whom you do or do not believe. Neither does the
mainframe market.
Also, how would that plead well for the platform
considering the
recent wave of issues with the internet banking? (Especially here
in Europe, which has been in the news the last few days.)
No clue what you're talking about here. My bank works fine.
Oh, of
course. I must've missed the entire financial world's
transition to PCs. It must've been sometime last week.
Not (just) the financial world. But yes, you probably did...
Clueless.
Since IBM
continues to introduce new mainframes at about the same
pace that they always have
Which is probably too slow for nowadays.
Clueless.
and continues
to pour GIGANTIC amounts of money into their development,
Not enough likely.
BEYOND clueless.
Touchy subject?
Not really...I just don't like trolls. Or pricks with chips on their
shoulders who make loud assertions about things that they clearly know JACK
POINT SHIT about.
/Fortunately/, for a minute I thought it was a touchy subject! LOL.
...troll...
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA