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April 27, 2011
Mainframe History and the First Users' Groups (SHARE)
“Programming” (and programming support) was an old data processing concept that originally was broadly defined as the adaptation of general-purpose devices to specific tasks. Programming therefore goes back to Herman Hollerith wiring and rewiring (programming) his equipment to handle specific...
April 1, 2011
The Mainframe: A Living History
This month is the 47th anniversary of IBM's introduction of the System/360. In other words, the birthday of the modern mainframe architecture as a computing platform. They say that one common flaw with mankind is a failure to learn from our history. Ask any mainframer what is one thing that...