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Speaking of old "legacy" systems check this out  --->  "old (cpl from the
50's even) computer ads"

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-01-09-n84.html



On 1/9/07, franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ... it's the old creaky software that is dooming these 2400
> AS/400's.
>

Who has said it's creaky old software?
There are many reasons some orgs keep old software, and one
reason is that maybe the software does exactly what they need.
I just replaced a Baby/36 (windoze server running 36 code)
with an i5. I tried all kinds of ways to sell them new features,
functions, etc, but all they wanted was a stable platform to run
their existing code. They are very happy.
IBM and others make money when they can sell something, so a happy
stable customer with few needs does not get their attention.
USDA may need better software, or maybe not....
Old (legacy)  <> bad. There are lots of ways to consolidate this
without
a rewrite.
jim



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