5 Apr
2020
5 Apr
'20
1:13 p.m.
> They were told to update their software.
> Now, 20 years later, they are looking for COBOL programmers, to start
> the update project.
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020, Stefan Skoglund wrote:
To be fair, in this case updating your software
means:
throw out the baby with the water
build a completely new IT infrastructure with everything
and expect things to work badly the next 5-8 years....
long enough to hinder/(be a millstone around) the governor's re-
election campagin
and then in 15 years, be prepared to redo....
Pundits like this steinberg is right and wrong - they doesn't
acknowledge how expensive new fangled information technology is.
I notice that he is one who equates changing/updating software with
security.
If a project is needed, and takes a long time, taking a long time is not a
good reason to avoid getting started.
Napoleon ordered planting of a lot of trees. I'm told that one of his
officers didn't want to get around to it, because they would take a long
time to grow; Napoleon said that that was a good reason to do it
immediately.
(No, I can't find the quote)