Re: Why Mainframes?

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From: cl... Christopher Lim
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:00

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>> I am wondering, why people would use Mainframe computers.?
>> What are the major reasons for using mainframes.?
>> And what are the type of applications that mainframe would be used for?
>
Mainframe have a good security, their are no known viruses on MF.
Mainframe capital cost is very high, organisation want to recover the investment before it's discarded.
Mainframe is more reliable then PC, (heard of any GPF on Mainframe)
Mainframe is very efficient in processing large volumes of data.
Mainframe is very efficient in processing large communication traffic.

Most Mainframe has operational programs (eg. Accounting)

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Date: 1997/07/11
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