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Subject: Re: Interesting article...
From: "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 15:51:14 -0500
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The previous weeks article even mentions the AS/400.

http://www.cio.com/archive/031502/infrastructure.html

----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: Interesting article...

Will they ever write about the $50 million dollar mistakes
some have made by getting off a legacy system?

On Tue, 3 May 2005 16:03:06 -0400
"Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?

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