It's not the fact that it's an old system per se, it's an old system for which spare parts and people with the relevant skills to maintain it are rapidly disappearing. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
On Fri, 27 May 2016, at 07:00 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > At 05:23 2016-05-27, Dave Crozier <[email protected]> wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan > >Sent: 27 May 2016 13:22 > >To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> > >Subject: [NF] What's controlling U.S. nukes? 8-inch floppy disks > > > >http://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-controlling-us-nukes-8-inch-floppy-disks-2016-05-26 > > > > >Scary but not entirely unexpected! > > Why is it scary for a system to work for years and > years? Would you prefer that it break? > > >Thinking about that I wonder if the VFP USAF logistics program is > >still running. > > JFAST, and apparently so. I wonder if it is still mainly > written in VFP. If so, would you find it scary? > > The idea that just because something is older that there is > something wrong with continuing to use it is one that I think needs > to be stomped on. > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1464374326.2885153.620841105.5b7c9...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
