Very good point! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerhard Adam Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New Hardware (nextgov.com) [ EXTERNAL ]
It was discussed, but the general feeling was that those systems would have been rewritten or replaced long before it became an issue. No one expected applications to be running 30-40 years after they were first implemented. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 20, 2018, at 12:25 PM, Lester, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree with both you and Gil. But, how many programmers in the 60s, 70s, > even 80s were thinking about Y2K? Sure, the really good ones were, but what > about the other 80%? > > ....and, Y2K came off without a hitch...(FSVO - "hitch") π > > I love Fridays... > > BobL > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New > Hardware (nextgov.com) [ EXTERNAL ] > > That was due to lack of foresight by the programmer not due to the age of the > system. > > > > This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, > privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries > or affiliates (collectively, βCITβ), and are intended solely for the > recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this > communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or > reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT > disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or > other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this > communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have > received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of > the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the > communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by > applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, > record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email > address. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day > Due to New Hardware (nextgov.com) > >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:14:20 -0700, Gerhard Adam wrote: >> >> Applications don't get old. They either do what they're supposed to do or >> they don't. It has nothing to do with age. > Remember Y2K? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > This e-mail transmission may contain information that is proprietary, > privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person(s) > to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any > person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's > designees is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or > their designee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and > delete all copies. OppenheimerFunds may, at its sole discretion, monitor, > review, retain and/or disclose the content of all email communications. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
