This appeared in the letters to the editor section of the July 1
Software Development Times....
HIS PICK FOR AN OS IS CLEAR
I read your article about virtualization ("Virtualization 3.0," May 15,
page 25, or http://tinyurl.com/5j4dnc) with some amusement. I am an old
Pick database programmer, and Pick has done virtualization since the
1970s.
The Pick OS will load and run on just about any platform, including
Microsoft's. It uses built-in tools to create one of the easiest-to-use
and most versatile 3D relational database models on the market. Yet, it
never merits mention in any of the "mainstream" media periodicals.
Just about every buzzword and acronym you guys punch out every month,
Pick has been doing since bell-bottoms and afro hairdos were in style.
All the techno-weenies out there owe a great deal of what's happening in
their careers to this venerable OS, yet I'll bet less than 5% have ever
heard of it.
Had Dick Pick not passed away in the mid-1990s, things might have been
different today. But wherever you find a Pickie out there, they'll tell
you that they wouldn't trade their "legacy system" for all the whiz-bang
buzzword-laden toys in the world. So how about a nod to the good old
days once in awhile?
Gary Lass Wilsonville, Ore.
Mark Hennessey
State of Connecticut
Department of Social Services
Information Technology Services
Child Support Systems
Voice: 860-424-5261
Fax: 860-424-4813
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