The Bee laid off their technology reporter - I heard they are having budget hard times. No wonder considering that they do such a poor job at tso many things. Except of course publishing the names and exact pay amounts of ALL state workers. ;-) What aqua morons - as some famous wabbit used to say...
Linda Mooney -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John > > > > http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1132588.html > > > > > > [ snip ] > > "COBOL programmers are hard to come by these days," said Fred > > Forrer, the Sacramento-based CEO of MGT of America, a > > public-sector consulting firm. "It's certainly not a language > > that is taught. Oftentimes, you have to rely on retired > > annuitants to come back and help maintain the system until > > you're able to find a replacement." > > > > > > And they get quite miffed when so many refer to them as > "Insultants"...... > > -jc- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
