"....introduced in 1959 and popularized in the 60s and 70s....." As was the interstate highway system and who would wager which would outlive the other?
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John P. Baker Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Politics - California state computers can't handle pay cut, controller says - sacbee.com This sounds like a prepared statement written for the Controller by a competing vendor seeking to replace the mainframe with a bunch of insecure, overpriced, and over-hyped PCs. John P. Baker -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Politics - California state computers can't handle pay cut, controller says - sacbee.com http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1132588.html <quote> The massive pay cut would exhaust the state's antiquated payroll system, which is built on a Vietnam-era computer language so outdated that many college students don't even bother to learn it anymore. ... The state payroll system is based on the COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, programming language - a code first introduced in 1959 and popularized in the 1960s and 1970s. "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." </quote> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
