5. This is Tuesday, therefore Belgium.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:53 PM, John McKown <[email protected]>wrote: > 3. This is new, therefore bad. > 4. This is old, therefore good. > On Jul 24, 2013 6:33 PM, "Ted MacNEIL" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, but the article blames COBOL. > > There are two kinds of fools: > > 1. Those who say "This is old, therefore bad". > > 2. Those who say: "This is new, therefore better". > > - > > Ted MacNEIL > > [email protected] > > Twitter: @TedMacNEIL > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Grinsell, Don" <[email protected]> > > Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:54:10 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Blame the COBOL, how cliché > > > > Hmm. In 1988 my military pay got messed up and it took more than a year > > and several letters to my congressman before it finally got resolved. > It's > > not the COBOL that's at issue; it's the incompatible systems, multiple > > layers of bureaucracy and mostly the automated actions that occur without > > any human intervention or review. I truly feel for this guy and the > others > > in his shoes. > > > > -- > > > > Donald Grinsell > > State of Montana > > 406-444-2983 > > [email protected] > > > > "The only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, and > > loyalty to the government when it deserves it." > > ~ Mark Twain > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Phil Smith III > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:35 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Blame the COBOL, how cliché > > > > > > > http://preview.reuters.com/2013/7/9/wounded-in-battle-stiffed-by-the-pentagon > > > > > > > > So the reason the payroll system is broken is because COBOL is "old"? > > Sheesh. That's really weak. > > > > > > > > Oy, and they tried PeopleSoft as a replacement. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
