Re: Interesting article...

[pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx]

That article was written 3 years ago. :-))


Paul Nelson
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"Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The previous weeks article even mentions the AS/400.

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


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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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