“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

– Mark Twain

Ah yes, another conference another old technology is declared dead.  Mainframe… dead.  Any programming language other than Java…. dead.  8 track tapes …OK, well some things thankfully do die, along with the Ford Pinto that I used to listen to the Beatles Greatest Hits Red Album over and over again on that 8 track… ah yes the good old days, but I digress. (more…)