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The mainframe is dead too.

By the way, on an unrelated note, did you know mainframes are still IBM's biggest business?

It's not consulting?

Maybe, I'm not an IBM insider. That's just what I've heard.

Maybe they are consulting for their mainframe customers?

Some years ago, most of their consulting revenue was derived from IBM platforms. Since then they've absorbed a number of other consulting companies though.

What percentage of that is stream revenue from existing mainframe customers?

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