Ask HN: 2021 Longest running database-backed app in production? 15 points by speedcoder 5y ago ↗ HN What is the longest running database-backed app still in production in 2021? What language, database, and OS is being used for it? COBOL? DB2? z/OS?
[–] akadruid1 5y ago ↗ Probably https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system), running since 1960. It ran on System/360 for decades, maybe still does.
[–] IvyMike 5y ago ↗ The IRS IMF has got to be up there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Master_File [–] wsh 5y ago ↗ Yes, the Martinsburg Monster.This later film shows what looks like an IBM 360/65 console at 1:09, but an article from 1963 says they were using an IBM 7074 then:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOt0GRVGNXohttp://blog.modernmechanix.com/big-brother-7074-is-watching-...
[–] wsh 5y ago ↗ Yes, the Martinsburg Monster.This later film shows what looks like an IBM 360/65 console at 1:09, but an article from 1963 says they were using an IBM 7074 then:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOt0GRVGNXohttp://blog.modernmechanix.com/big-brother-7074-is-watching-...
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 27.5 ms ] threadThis later film shows what looks like an IBM 360/65 console at 1:09, but an article from 1963 says they were using an IBM 7074 then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOt0GRVGNXo
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/big-brother-7074-is-watching-...