#1 story on HN: Google kills "Cloud Prediction" API
Response from Googler: it's fine because you can switch to a different API
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Meanwhile, in the enterprise world, I still regularly see VAX, RS/6000, and DOS 6.22 boxes in use, as well as the occasional PDP.
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GCP's "product roadmap project manager" doubles down on this: one year ought to be enough for anybody!pic.twitter.com/PNnFrhgnAM
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Meanwhile, on DEC alum board, someone looks for PDP11 troubleshooter. PDP11 released 47 years ago, succeeded by VAX 7 years later.pic.twitter.com/A85lkYhjI4
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Engineer with VAX experience wanted to work on the F-22, the most advanced fighter jet in the world: https://web.archive.org/web/20190618050109/https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/job/california/f-22-avionics-systems-engineer-senior/694/8842471 … http://web.archive.org/web/20100310163744/http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2000/05/moody.html …pic.twitter.com/Bke8CD1VpQ
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not even three years ago i was working at a company whose main system was RS/6000-based.
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But how dependent was it on it being RS/6000? I used to run C code on AIX on RS/6000, but it also worked on linux on x86.
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