• glitch1985@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    There are tons of IT systems in the government that have been running the same programming for 30+ years but if it isn’t broke it doesn’t get touched.

    Source: Use mainframe emulators often to perform routine tasks in government HR systems.

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        10 hours ago

        Just in case you didn’t know, the code is old, but the hardware still gets updates. And when it comes to batch transactions and network speed, mainframes still do the job reliably well. Plus, they are not easy to hack, because few understand them, not to mention the decades of security updates.

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        7 hours ago

        The code may be old but the hardware gets updated. I don’t know if they’re using modern tools but the language also gets updated.

        It alll comes down to budget: who wants to spend the money to modernize stuff that still works? Iss Musk willing to invest in that?