Cloud vs. Mainframe? Try Mothra vs. Godzilla
May 31, 2014
Grazed from InsuranceTech. Author: Frank Petersmark.
The summer movie season is nearly upon us, and included in the many potential blockbusters is a remake of that perennially angry but always loveable creature from the deep, Godzilla. Hearing about that remake got me thinking about another classic Godzilla movie, so here’s a quiz. What do the IBM System/360 mainframe and the classic Japanese science-fiction film Mothra vs. Godzilla have in common?
The answer: they both celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in 2014! The production of the IBM System/360 was announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and the film made its debut in Japan on April 27, 1964 before opening in America later that summer…
So what else do these two rather disparate things have in common? More than you might think. First, both are viewed as classics of their respective genres, the introduction of which would lead to a series of follow-on models and movies. Second, both are viewed as representing a moment in time that has passed, and while respected for what they did in that moment, their relevance has waned. And third, both have something to teach us about the pace of technology advancement, both in computing and in science-fiction filmmaking, which come to think of it, might be the same thing now…
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