Re the Computer problems with the Census at the Australian Bureau of
Statistics in 2016, I submitted these notes to one of the major
Australian Newspapers "The Age" today.
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A computer language that I designed and wrote in the 1970's was used by
the Australian Bureau of Statistics to control and run all their
computers for some decades. The language - Jol - ran many of the largest
computers in the world for many decades.
The ABS ran a superb system on their mainframe (read BIG) computers.
They then moved to a different type of computers. One of the main
problems with computers these days is that they use computer languages
that are not really suited to commercial applications. Further, the base
language of these newer computers are based on a language called "C".
"C" is extraordinarily inefficient when moving and comparing characters,
and dangerous too. One of the main reasons viruses infect so many
computers is because of this failure. I spoke to Bill Gates briefly in
Melbourne around 1988 and wrote to him about this problem, and he responded.
However, the "C" problems were never fixed, and cause all computers to
run more slowly than they should, and with the possibility of problems.
You can read more of this at www.Oscar-Jol.com <http://www.Oscar-Jol.com/>
Clement Victor Clarke <https://www.facebook.com/clemclarke>
David Crayford wrote:
The Australian prime minister has just given a press conference and
pointed the finger directly at IBM for this debacle. It's entirely
predictable in this day
and age that a high profile event like an online census will face some
kind of cyber attack. It happens all the time. IBM, the service
provider, did not have adequate
measures in place to deal with the attack, fundamental measures like
geo-blocking. It's a bloody disgrace!
IBMs reputation is already in tatters in Australia after the
Queensland government health payroll disaster. The Queensland
government is still refusing to budge on a
sector-wide ban on new contracts with IBM and who can blame them.
After this fiasco their brand is toxic. This is a company who
government and the private sector
would 100% trust to get the job done with integrity. Unfortunately,
those days are past now. Too many high profile failures and
accusations of underhand dealing have
ruined their credibility down here
http://www.itnews.com.au/news/ibm-should-never-have-been-appointed-finds-qld-payroll-inquiry-352362.
Maybe what IBM needs is a change in leadership.
On 10/08/2016 12:37 PM, Edward Gould wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/09/australian_census_slips_in_the_ibm_cloud/
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