HP ad, "Mainframes are so 50 years ago."

I came across this tweet as an advertisement in my own Twitter feed. It’s meant to be ironic, mainframes are still around, it’s more so the way they’re perceived that’s changed.

https://twitter.com/hpdiscover/status/453556126043615232

The comments are funny too:

@HPDiscover

this is SO not true. Shame on you HP.

#bigdata

— Camila Caldas (@camilaclbcaldas)

April 8, 2014


@HPDiscover

Another one who will eat his words about the death of the Mainframe. Here we go again !!! Have u even watched Matrix ? LOL!! — DD (@Cojinua77)

April 9, 2014

(Originally published on my old site, "The Digital Imaginary" [imaginary.digital], on February 25th, 2015 -- revised and republished April 2nd, 2025.)