On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/15/junk_your_it_now_before_it_drags_you_under/ > > Legacy systems tie you to unproductive legacy thinking and lead to > stagnation. > > Really? > > If "legacy" means "static and unchanging" (think ancient Egypt), then _maybe_ there is a small amount of truth. Surrounded by a bunch of idiocy. "Uptime has become a god". Well, in a sense, I hope so. What good is a computer (or anything else, like a car), if it is unavailable? Perhaps he dreams of the times of early OS/360. I understand that the uptime was measured in minutes. Gee, I wonder if we should tell our accountant that their insistence on using GAAP has caused them to be stagnant. And say it in a sneering way. Of course, as I recall, those who use "creative accounting" usually get free room and board courtesy of law enforcement. Oh, and let's sneer at those silly civil engineers who keep building things according to engineering principles. What good is a structure with long "uptime"? [snide grin]. -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
