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		kenna on April 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 25 years of OS/2: the legendary failure that refus... OS/2 is still in use in NYC's subway MetroCard system... shocking. The city is probably being squeezed out of tons of money to maintain technology that is ancient.

pm90 on April 2, 2012 [–]

I don't find it all that surprising. A few large insurance companies still have a lot of their (core) software written in COBOL and outsource its upkeep to IT companies. It's a big expense, nobody likes it; but replacing it would cost more.

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