This is such a perception skewed by Silicon-Valley-Syndrome.<p>This is how the rest of the world works --  I run an import&#x2F;export business and have to manage logistics. It doesn&#x27;t matter what industry, it could be crude oil or widgets from China at half a penny a piece. It&#x27;s my job as CIO to choose an implementation.<p>I&#x27;m going to choose SAP or Dynamics (or one of the handful of other ERP&#x27;s with name recognition) on DB2 or Oracle. I&#x27;m going to store my data on EMC dual array filers for HA and pay the tax. Why? Because if I choose node.js and MongoDB to run my 3 warehouses and the system goes down, I&#x27;m getting voted out next board meeting. If my SAP R&#x2F;3 on IBM hardware goes down, they&#x27;ll do the dance and at least fly some people out to retain their image keeping your job effectively safe.<p>Banks aren&#x27;t going to move over from z&#x2F;OS anytime soon. I don&#x27;t want my dialysis machine to be running on Riak.