| From: | Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: Real-Life Computing ... |
| Date: | Thu, 28 May 1998 14:22:29 -0600 |
><rant>
>I whole heatedly agree. I don't know if there is some huge
>earth-shaking concept I'm missing here but WHY IS THIS SUCH A BIG
>PROBELM!?
ERr... let's say your bank suddenly decides it's 1900 all over again.
Whoops! You don't exist then! Whoops! All your money in the bank is gone!
Whoops! Your house belongs to some guy that's been dead for 50 years.
Whoop! Your employer has no record of ever paying you, you can't claim your
tax returns!
I could go on and on -- your social insurance number, health care, etc,
etc, etc.
A bios upgrade won't do jack for a 20 year old program written in COBOL
that's passed through 3 generations of IT managers, all of whom have a
decreasing amount of skill in COBOL and more in Solitaire and WWW surfing.
It probably won't be as big as the media makes it out to be -- but it is a
problem.
-Adam J
Who remembers "Michoangelo"
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