IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 07/25/2013 07:20:20 AM:
> From: "Shiminsky, Gary" <gary.shimin...@doit.nh.gov> > COBOL is not at fault in this issue. It is incompetence. It is poor > management, probably managers who shouldn't have been in data processing > to begin with. How else would you loss all the documentation except for > fire and water. COBOL, though fairly old, can be well written by a > competent skilled programmers, having done that early on in my career. > The excuse that some of the COBOL code was corrupted is stupid. Really, > has anyone ever seen decay or rust in any code? Did it have bugs? No. > Every "bug" I have ever seen has been actually some programmer's mistake. > > Gary > > Gary L. Shiminsky > Senior zVM/zVSE Systems Programmer > Mainframe Technical Support Group > Department of Information Technology > State of New Hampshire > 27 Hazen Drive > Concord, NH 03301 > 603-271-1509 Fax 603-271-1516 > > Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this message are > confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use > or dissemination (either whole or in part) is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message, > please notify the sender immediately and delete the message > from your system. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> > Reply-To: IBM List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 4:34 PM > To: IBM List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > Subject: Blame the COBOL, how cliché > > > http://preview.reuters.com/2013/7/9/wounded-in-battle-stiffed-by-the-penta > >go > >n > > > > > > > >So the reason the payroll system is broken is because COBOL is ³old²? > >Sheesh. That¹s really weak? > > > > > > > >Oy, and they tried PeopleSoft as a replacement? > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
