http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32166.html
One of the myths of the PC age is that the PC has replaced the mainframe [the term "dinosaur" is thrown around in relation to the latter as if it weighed nothing]. IBM makes out like the bee which does not know it cannot fly, and being able to make mainframes sit up and do the network dance is still a good job specialty. Now the claim for grid computing suggests that the mainframe is no longer needed.
And it may even be true, though I would be inclined to wait a bit before pulling my big iron's plug.
Posted by jho at December 1, 2003 12:25 PM