In 1974, we considered it, but the cost of a byte of disk storage was enough to push the storage of each date's century toward the '90s. We fully expected the remediation would be needed but storage would be more affordable by then, which panned out. What everybody got wrong was expecting the relative costs of hardware and software to not change, but in fact they flipped--hardware became dirt cheap but software became very expensive.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Gerhard Adam <gada...@charter.net> wrote: > 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 <bles...@ofiglobal.com> 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:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth > > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:20 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > 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:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:13 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
