Not really, but it is kinda interesting to think of that every time someone is pulled over at the side of the road or arrested etc that the inquiry is going through software that I wrote. Around 6M/day.
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: zLinux experience - Solaris? So I have to ask. When TV shows and movies talk about accessing NCIC, does their accuracy (or lack thereof) send shivers up your spine? :-) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/01/06 10:41 AM >>> Well, comfort level with Linux was not that high when we decided on our method on NCIC (and we still haven't settled yet on SUSE or RHEL). We are using RHEL currently for our POC (which is due for test in January 2007). NCIC itself has been mainframe since back in the 60s (I believe) and under CICS since 1999 when the "new" system was implemented. Certainly, we have younger programmers onboard (boy, that gives my age away I guess) that were familiar with Unix in general. Several other large systems here use HP/UX already. The FBI is certainly sensitive about costs (after all we did reject Websphere Message Broker as a way of doing our XML POC), but this system is the premier law enforcement system in the country (and probably the world) and is not cheap to run. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
