"... the OPM is facing a huge problem with modernizing its security measures and tactics because of one acronym: COBOL. The programming language that rose to prominence in the 1960s is rampant throughout the OPM and with the advanced persistent threats federal agencies are experiencing, it's a significant vulnerability."
-- http://fedtechmagazine.com/OPMhack Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Setting the writers right A recurring theme here the past couple of weeks has been the "head in the 1960's" writing about mainframes in news stories and now soap operas. Seriously, would it make sense for our community to put together a volunteer team (under the auspices of SHARE? Or ... ?) that would maintain a watch for stupid mainframe media putdowns and send off a packet of layperson-accessible education to the offending writers, editors and/or producers? Perhaps have a Website where writers could get current facts about the mainframe? Would IBM participate in some way? Any ideas? I volunteer to participate but not to lead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
