What bothers me about this argument is that I believe any competent programmer ought to be able to pick up a new language if the need arises. (The first time I ever heard of MUMPS was in my initial job interview!)
Okay, to be honest learning MUMPS wasn't that easy: I was taking Greg Kreis' MUMPS class and struggling with a homework assignment. One night, I went home and had a dream in which I saw the source code in front of me. I went in the next morning, typed it in and it ran perfectly! Learning a language does involve some struggle bedfore the "Aha!" moment comes, but it does come. --- steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE: [Hardhats-members] MDC RevivalI believe Cameron's statement about > the VA management not being able to back off of migrating to a newer > platform is probably very close to the truth. However, I am sure > that there were some real business management decisions made (or at > least I hope so). I saw an article recently that estimated that > 40-50% of the current VA IT staff will be retiring in the next 5 > years. If I was a manager of VA IT I would be very concerned about > that. I would seriously consider moving my technology to a platform > that enables me to recruit competent IT staff without having to rely > on in-house training for the next generation of VA IT support. I > would even consider technology that is inferior to my current > technology as long as the new technology meets my needs and gives me > greater flexibilty in personnel matters or provide me the opportunity > to competitively outsource some IT functions. ===== A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
