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Well, what has me even more concerned here is that new vendors will label
OS/400 as a legacy system (IBM's already calling it Legacy) and use that
as a marketing hook to have it replaced with a unix/windows box....

Don in DC



On Tue, 3 May 2005, Wilt, Charles wrote:

> All,
>
> Ran across this article which I found quite interesting....
>
> Bound To Fail
> The crash of a critical legacy system at Comair is a classic risk management 
> mistake that cost the airline $20 million and badly damaged its reputation.
>
> http://www.cio.com/archive/050105/comair.html
>
>
>
> How many of us are working with a legacy application system held together by 
> spit and duct tape that we know really should be replaced?
>
> Charles Wilt
> iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> ph: 513-573-4343
> fax: 513-398-1121
>
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