Windows programmers are blown away when I tell them that I still run a program I wrote 45+ years ago. They ask if I have to re-compile it and I tell them no, it is the same load module created way back then. Their jaws drop.
Chris Blaicher Technical Architect Mainframe Development P: 201-930-8234 | M: 512-627-3803 E: [email protected] Syncsort Incorporated 2 Blue Hill Plaza #1563 Pearl River, NY 10965 www.syncsort.com Data quality leader Trillium Software is now a part of Syncsort. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lester, Bob Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New Hardware (nextgov.com) 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. 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