Tim,
> And let this be a lesson to all of you not to write code that is too
> good. If you can't sell an "update" (patch) every 6 months, you'll be
> out of business as well :D
Updates are generally functionality enhancements, which may well be
chargeable; whereas patches are problem-fixes; w
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> > What goes unremarked here is how the original system has coped
> > reliably for decades of (one guesses) geometrically growing load.
>
> Fantastic engineering from a company
On Aug 28, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> The old FORTRAN code
> either had to be ported or new code written from scratch.
Assuming it WAS written in FORTRAN there is no reason to believe it
wouldn't just compile with a modern Fortran compiler. I've often run
codes originally w
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> "two 20-year-old redundant mainframe configurations ... that
> apparently are hanging on for dear life until reinforcements arrive
> in the form of a new, state-of-the-art system this winter."
>
> And we all know that 'new, state-of-the-art systems' are si
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/28/2008 09:00:23 AM:
>
> On 28-Aug-08, at 10:54 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> >
> > On 28-Aug-08, at 10:11 AM, Richard Elling wrote:
> >
> >> It is rare to see this sort of "CNN Moment" attributed to file
> >> corruption.
> >> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Co
On 28-Aug-08, at 10:54 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
>
> On 28-Aug-08, at 10:11 AM, Richard Elling wrote:
>
>> It is rare to see this sort of "CNN Moment" attributed to file
>> corruption.
>> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Corrupt-File-Brought-
>> Down-FAAs-Antiquated-IT-System/?kc=EWKNLNAV08
On 28-Aug-08, at 10:11 AM, Richard Elling wrote:
> It is rare to see this sort of "CNN Moment" attributed to file
> corruption.
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Corrupt-File-Brought-
> Down-FAAs-Antiquated-IT-System/?kc=EWKNLNAV08282008STR4
>
"two 20-year-old redundant mainframe c
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 06:11:06AM -0700, Richard Elling wrote:
> It is rare to see this sort of "CNN Moment" attributed to file corruption.
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Corrupt-File-Brought-Down-FAAs-Antiquated-IT-System/?kc=EWKNLNAV08282008STR4
`file corruption' takes the blame a
