mainframes
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Benedict Evans · across every show →
Everything said about mainframes, oldest first
Jul 15, 2017 bullish
Evans: Mobile makes technology a universal product for the first time
“I think the first, and really the most important, is the sense that mobile is really making technology a universal product. That is to say, we sold mainframes to big companies, and we sold PCs to middle class families, and we sold technology in one way or anot…”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Leibert: Mainframes will remain core enterprise infrastructure for 20 to 30 years
“So I think we're not going to see a rip and replace. I think we're going to see more and more systems built around the old systems. And for some of the core infrastructure, I think even in 20 or 30 years, we'll still have mainframes.”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Humble: Microservices and Kubernetes do not guarantee high IT performance
“Implementing those technologies does not give you those outcomes we talked about. We actually looked at people doing mainframe stuff. You can achieve these results with mainframes. Equally, you can use the, you know, Kubernetes and, you know, Docker and micros…”