And finally!!
"As I stated at the beginning of this article, IBM continues to make mainframes because
there's a growing demand for the technology
particularly as smartphones and IoT devices proliferate worldwide.
Netflix might be spinning up containers on a commodity machine in a data center
to let you view past episodes of 'Orange is The New Black.'
But when it comes time to pay for your Lyft ride using your iPhone,
that credit card transaction will most likely be processed on a mainframe
that's providing service via some sort of API gateway."
- Bob Reselman
- Note 1 - For Lyft read Uber
- Note 2 - IoT is "Internet of Things"
- Note 3 - API is Application Programming Interface