#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.
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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What do you consider reasonable? 2 years? 5 years?
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There's a bit of a cultural war between Silicon Valley and enterprise IT.
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I ... what? 1-year wouldn't even be acceptable for a consumer level product that didn't have Apple in the name.
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Big companies are the ones must hurt by this. Ya know, the ones with a lot of the money.
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