> honorary rank of "Rear Admiral" She was honorable, but her rank of rear admiral (lower half) was official.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Mark S Waterbury [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 7:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes ..." Folks, That article: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1YkEVaaW2NQE4zZBon0wFeQH_9FImqlkDJH_tSfBHTiif1UZH2T0TpoDYgHhSqGOnYl1s9d2NVN5DPvl8moTX-EPigQTD5mVaMB_3s7NR4JJ1v5BwT8ZINTh5mddLHfNbyhtSVIP1lZiWxbv25j1hjIRAl61lEeBjB_DhTDI_oyYH_sqfel8XvIiivDjg802kUZwAl3CXB8XOQpaxeZ3e7uJx43WIzJd3zqDUf-FgSsBRDRKxWQM1AJn-8ynHQ6cGYPHl6GrgkIMD7efEBbPeImO0Fqb7nGdQCyqBgiLRMuhm_Fd3ExMTaSsDf0iXaGec65ATtV24xRs9pKxp-ChOjYnhq-7FV63AvHEMgsotUS6yPrdmQulsn_IouR8iNO_Y9GrZgsqrF81I_VnhYARXd-LV1je2gYMBaNF80bRrxnvLSZ3aGiOyIcKX7b7qHBxm/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techrepublic.com%2Farticle%2Feveryone-wants-to-retire-mainframes-but-74-of-modernization-efforts-fail%2F -- has a nice historical photo at the top, but with no explanation whatsoever of the content of that picture. That is none other than (a then young) Grace Hopper, who was instrumental in the development of COBOL, and who worked for the U.S. Navy for most of her career. I had the privilege of meeting her, in person, early in my career, when she was then an "elder statesman" for COBOL and had been given the honorary rank of "Rear Admiral" in the US Navy ... (she was officially retired from the Navy by then); that was in the late 1970s, around 1976 or 1977, if I remember correctly. At that time, she always carried with her a small bundle of "bell wire" all cut to a lengh of just under 12 inches, or the distance an electrical signal would travel over copper wire in one nanosecond. As she met each new person, she would hand you one of these pieces of wire and say, "That's a nanosecond!" with some delight. :-) See also : https://secure-web.cisco.com/1tTfT5z0IKCIGHz4FCtv3aDkaCb_yNwpvzpXBsb5fT2-IzvsAMMFGf_kNHp2aOd30MhQ4lJ4hQ1cSSM1YTiI1WaJpeLJtRNbqn4d9fy01ubm8BWcCPpRiYtOGfufOGs6ivF8E-qQN8YgUpA48kJDa6Erd05oHgVjBJupkBDLEBHCg7kPg9tTrEdAs9NOiIRx0hIgZcNliJNNxyr6ET5sbhby_QifV52aX0_pjPHP56Lohdr-o-YZrwssmEicaOH29n4Oqt--d4XaYYnhArtL6k_Ft78LY7t3BdctgNdc5WO8zJwHVlaN-2QVFLiSQuutdqNS-s45Nvt1ZMkNHYHfhiLoB0Bwe4GzNigkO4qV44zuuYhvWoWBmF1avSUOU9PBuzl77HTeIOVbf90-eFM677m2-LjaI0Uzx364nWA0ldfVyC06Xs-Rp5Q9awXt7EVNI/https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGrace_Hopper and https://secure-web.cisco.com/15LkVx0q_ddEgNVr4Whc9x13iSpYwn06NS4MIqJGMsOES5f4Jj3rEshewnWCsYE61-QEc7Ox0qDtlyMREu6yVfPbLZHSbk6NO8IgErWjIhCEd77bK22fTY5ObVlOGdLyMuAnE9tWTcUz1GZ5ZO8T4YVbcaEcmE3BYUo8gQPp2bgSZDqSPJgeZQdrRsIOm-PcxA0hrXm1RM4h2cxpeHhaIzLs3PUjOIzn0eS7ZK37xfV7qU3u8FhVoCyv98NgEOoNuqYEpPQzeEb2LpOPcGeROW6WbUxrdsegsHwujMsYxn4T0VYFGUWhdATc1JzBFvM9-eNVi2Fpe1mRJmxcGsjOcb8m-geibN1tSe1wZFtkTnCi_ohVm6ohVell5wJFC82BLIw9eXN19yPFb2Nto4UeaJxf6eWxCajNAKfbKsCXozsa2lOk64BSWoMLCtgnmKL6ChYobJPFw08FDU_q6SVAjmQ/https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yale.edu%2F2017%2F02%2F10%2Fgrace-murray-hopper-1906-1992-legacy-innovation-and-service Anyway, I just wanted to point that out, about that photo. These young so-called journalists today never do proper research or "vett" any of their stories they write, or "fact check" anything. It is really a shame. And, as for the numbers they quote, of what percentage of those "surveyed" responded this way or that, what percentage of how large a population? And who did they survey, exactly -- a bunch of young MBA types who are now typically in the role of "CIO" or VP, IS? Those are the same people who are largely responsible for ruining much of the industry, with "outsourcing" to the lowest bidder overseas, etc. :-o Just saying ... All the best, Mark S. Waterbury ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
