[Info-vax] BridgeWorks
Scott Dorsey
kludge at panix.com
Sun Jul 21 11:28:44 EDT 2024
Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 7/20/2024 11:31 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:58:09 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting. I wonder if it is a retro thing or there are still VB6
>>> applications out there that need to be maintained.
>>
>> Would you entrust mission-critical business functions to obsolete,
>> unsupported software?
>
>Would you entrust mission-critical business functions to today's supported
>software? ???CloudStrike???
You mean like VMS or OS/360... err.. I mean MVS... err.. I mean z/OS?
>Don't understand why anyone would question something that has been running
>successfully for years with no problems ...
When you're on an isolated system you can do that, but when you're having
to function in a public environment where you don't have control over the
end terminals, this is no longer enough. Which is why you want reliable
software that has been running for many years successfully but is also
supported.
--scott
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