They were told to update their software. Now, 20 years later, they are looking for COBOL programmers, to start the update project.
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Stefan Skoglund wrote:
To be fair, in this case updating your software means: throw out the baby with the water build a completely new IT infrastructure with everything and expect things to work badly the next 5-8 years.... long enough to hinder/(be a millstone around) the governor's re- election campagin and then in 15 years, be prepared to redo.... Pundits like this steinberg is right and wrong - they doesn't acknowledge how expensive new fangled information technology is.
I notice that he is one who equates changing/updating software with security.
If a project is needed, and takes a long time, taking a long time is not a good reason to avoid getting started.
Napoleon ordered planting of a lot of trees. I'm told that one of his officers didn't want to get around to it, because they would take a long time to grow; Napoleon said that that was a good reason to do it immediately.
(No, I can't find the quote)
