Re: Odd - IBM ... Orcale? Mainframe newsgroups??

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]>
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On 6/28/2026 1:23 PM, c186282 wrote:
> https://www.techspot.com/news/111343-ibm-triple-entry-level-hiring-roles-told-ai.html
> 
> . . .
> 
>     The short ... IBM initially dropped a bunch of humans
>     as the AI glitter took hold. But NOW it has realized
>     that AIs have their place, but if you want innovation
>     and creativity you have to hire hot young humans.
> 
>     Oracle apparently hasn't got that yet - massive
> 
>     AND they still sell mainframes - those sexy Big
>     Black Boxes with huge specs (and branded RedHat
>     is the favorite OS).
> 
>     Ah, for just one of those Big Black Boxes ! I think
>     they're reasonably priced in the low eight figures ...
>     depending on options .......  :-)


Are you taling about Orcale or IBM? It seems that
your focus was NOT "IBM" at all. :)

What happened to those Usenet newsgroups
related to mainframes? Why were they dropped
or filtered? Are the messages within them
still alive? :)

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