Don, I left in 1982, and at that time, the state payroll system was part of a larger system, Personal Information Management System (PIMS). It did not use any data bases per se, and was written primarily in COBOL with a few small assembler subroutines. It was VSAM-based (no IMS or DB2, which may have been added later), was primarily a batch system with an online CICS set of transactions which could be used for updating individual personal records.
However, I think most of this is fairly irrelevant. We are discussing technical issues, and has been pointed out, the statements made by the state controller are suspect and probably politically motivated in order to accomplish some goal, perhaps to win union support and votes, perhaps to embarrass the governor, perhaps to gain funding for yet another state personnel system, perhaps in genuine ignorance in which case it could serve to embarrass himself. At any rate, the current payroll system is the designated fall guy here. Despite all of the slanderous statements made, as far as I know, it does work and ensures that all of the employees are paid correctly and on time. By the way, it would be helpful if you cited a source for your quote. Tom Harper IMS Utilities Development Team NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. Sugar Land, TX -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Leahy Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Politics - California state computers can't handle pay cut, controller says - sacbee.com > Reading something like this makes one wonder about the veracity of all > news reported. > > Tom Harper > IMS Utilities Development Team > NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. > Sugar Land, TX Here is a (paraphrased) excerpt from a document at a site that I know: "The old system is written in several different programming languages and runs on incompatible platforms and operating systems". This statement was slightly puzzling to those familiar with the "old" (early 1990s) system, which was 100% COBOL under IMS and DB2. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
