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		vmchale on Nov 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you ... Being built on newer tech isn't an advantage from a customer POV. It's only an advantage when the newer tech is better, and tbh I have a hard time believing that you'd match the performance and security of a mainframe that easily.

le-mark on Nov 20, 2018 [–]

Being an order of magnitude cheaper would be compelling to these same companies though.

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