On Thursday 30 June 2005 14:56, Ted Fischer wrote: > >On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:02:33 GMT > > > > "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just in case anyone was wondering, U.S. gummint agencies will > > > be screaming in migration agony for the next couple of years. ;-) > > > > > > http://www.fcw.com/article89432-06-29-05-Web > > > >Well, when I was in the "gummint", we used to get these missives all the > >the time. > >(My personal favorite was the one that said that US Navy had to conduct > >all email over Outlook for > >security reasons.) > > > >We waivered or ignored every one. > > > >So I wouldn't count on this, either. > > > > Then there was, about 1989 or 1990, the one that all Military IT purchases > had to be OSI Compliant > > TP0/CLNP Anybody? > > Regards. > >
And about that same time frame was when they (gummit) said all programming in the future had to be done in ADA ... -- Larry Smith SysAd ECSIS.NET [EMAIL PROTECTED]