I agree that operating systems should be backward compatible. --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Bill Arnold <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Bill Arnold <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] Shields up > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 2:38 PM > > I did a little fact-checking, to make sure my claim that > IBM applications > written 40 years ago will actually still run today, and the > answer is "yes". > > From > http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:IIr41d43AU0J:ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ > software/os/systemz/pdf/ISYSZ10VINTEGRITYSUPERDOME.pdf+ibm+z10+case+history& > cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a > > "What constitutes investment protection? Applications and > data! The same > applications that ran on MVS circa 1980 still run on the > latest IBM z10." > > Sounds like another world, doesn't it? > > > Bill > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
