I started in 1983 and it was thought about, but a few years in and everyone said the mainframe would be gone by 2000... That mainframe was gone by the mid 1990's.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Lester, Bob <bles...@ofiglobal.com> wrote: > > Very good point! > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Gerhard Adam > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:47 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New > Hardware (nextgov.com) [ EXTERNAL ] > > It was discussed, but the general feeling was that those systems would > have been rewritten or replaced long before it became an issue. > > No one expected applications to be running 30-40 years after they were > first implemented. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 20, 2018, at 12:25 PM, Lester, Bob <bles...@ofiglobal.com> wrote: > > > > > > I agree with both you and Gil. But, how many programmers in the 60s, > 70s, even 80s were thinking about Y2K? Sure, the really good ones were, > but what about the other 80%? > > > > ....and, Y2K came off without a hitch...(FSVO - "hitch") 😊 > > > > I love Fridays... > > > > BobL > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > > On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth > > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:20 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New > > Hardware (nextgov.com) [ EXTERNAL ] > > > > That was due to lack of foresight by the programmer not due to the age > of the system. > > > > > > > > This email message and any accompanying materials may contain > proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or > its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended > solely for the recipient(s) named above. 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