On 1 Mar 2010 06:03:06 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Let's keep the politics out of the Listserv discussions, because it'll get >very ugly! > >-----Original Message----- >From: Staller, Allan [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, March 1, 2010 08:42 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: More calumny: "Secret Service Uses 1980s Mainframe" > >Wonder what the real story is here -- a 9370 in a >closet?http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-secret-service-outdated-computer-mainframe-system-1980s/story?id=9945663And > how many Dem budget cuts prevented a more timely >upgrade?----------------------------------------------------------------------For
We don't know much about what is going on here. The problem is probably more bureaucracy dependent than anything else (and by bureaucracy I mean normal office politics that exist in ANY administration and in PRIVATE enterprise). Depending on the application they may have felt no need to upgrade because if you are doing the same thing the same way and the thing works, why spend money? This has been supposedly going on long enough that it spans Democratic presidencies with Democratic congresses, Democratic presidencies with Republican congresses, Republican presidencies with Democratic congresses and Republican presidencies with Republican congresses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
