[Default] On 2 Jul 2020 02:13:34 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (R.S.) wrote:
>> snip > >BTW: As a mainframe bigot I sometimes am forced to explain why so old >things are still in use. Yes, z14 or z15 is veeeeeery old. As old as >z/OS 2.4, or DB2. It is hard job, because usually nobody want to hear >answers, but one of my favorite is the wheel. Wheel is quite old idea, >but still in common use. They say M$ introduced a car without wheels or >the the wheels are enhanced - square... >Last, but not least: some 20 years old COBOL code is not obsoleted by >changes in the OS/compiler/whatever, but code on Windows *had* to be >rewritten several times during this period. Dot net? It was so modern >just few years ago and now is obsolete. Note: that means programming >effort just to upgrade system, without any application (business logic) >changes. When did dot net become obsolete? Versions earlier than 3 are no longer supported but when I did a search for dot net both the Microsoft pointers and the wiki article seemed to show it is very much alive and is now open source. The original implantation was well before 2010 and was starting to be open sourced before then. Clark Morris Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
