Re: Elon Musk and DOGE will be going after some US gov legacy systems

2024-11-19 Thread Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD.
Allan, Posting politics here wasn't my intention. Other replies were on topic, i.e., government legacy systems. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

Re: Elon Musk and DOGE will be going after some US gov legacy systems

2024-11-19 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Here we go again. Been hearing this for at least 35 years now. Design documentation is more important than the computer platform or the programming language. A COBOL programmer can be trained in a few months to be capable. Higher education have followed fads for years around programming languages

Re: Elon Musk and DOGE will be going after some US gov legacy systems

2024-11-19 Thread Steve Horein
I think you missed the part about "US gov legacy systems." The GAO report calls out "mainframe" and "COBOL" explicitly, which could impact members of this list. Seems relevant to me. On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 7:50 AM Allan Staller wrote: > Classification: Confidential > > Please keep politics off

Re: Elon Musk and DOGE will be going after some US gov legacy systems

2024-11-19 Thread Allan Staller
Classification: Confidential Please keep politics off the list. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. Sent: Monday, November 18, 2024 2:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Elon Musk and DOGE will be going after some US g