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		nix23 on Jan 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reclaiming the lost art of Linux server administra... >mainframes have freaking performance Yes and no, really depends for what workloads. But freaking reliability that's for sure.

antb123 on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

reliability + security. performance is poor they were designed for batch.

nix23 on Feb 1, 2022 | [–]

>performance is poor they were designed for batch.

That's once again an oversimplification, performance is excellent for the intended workload.

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