> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Sam Siegel
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:12 PM, john gilmore <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> > [ a lot ]
>
> Thank you (once again) for making irrelevant points about useless
trivia.
> Regardless of how we arrived at having multiple formats for storing
dates
> internally, these formats exist and need to be managed. For those of
us who
> are actual practitioners of the art, with day-to-day responsibility
for
> keeping systems up and running, versus ivory tower poets, it is well
known
> that superior methods exist but for many practical reasons (ROI,
> resource constraints, risk, time-to-market for new facilities, etc.
ad-
> nauseam) cannot be implemented.
>
> It does no good to chide others about what they do not control and
cannot
> change with comments about a superior way of doing things. Those
methods
> are only superior if they can actually be implemented. What is
helpful is
> to provide practical assistance to resolve problems. And when the
times
> comes, provide assistance in implementing new methods should that
level of
> re-engineering become feasible.
>
> In the venacular, be a team member instead of an armchair quarterback.
In effect, you have just said "Shut up" to "our very own" Wizard of Oz.
:-)
-jc-
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