Huh? We're missing something. Surely the pay rates aren't stored in Cobol but in a database.
-Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote: > From "News of the Weird:" > > "Facing a state budget crisis in July, California Gov. Arnold > Schwarzenegger fired about 10,000 temporary and part-time workers and > ordered the 200,000 permanent employees to be paid only the minimum > wage of $6.55 an hour until the legislature passed a crisis-solving > budget. However, a week later the State Controller John Chiang > pointed out that state payroll records could not be changed to > accommodate the cut because they were written in the antiquated COBOL > computer language, and virtually the only state employees who knew > the code were some of the part-timers Schwarzenegger had just fired. > [Sacramento Bee, 8-5-08]" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
