[ale] Big Tech Problem as Mainframes Outlast Workforce

[Lightner, Jeff]

We finally got rid of our AS400s here - only took us 3 years after
converting the last customer to our UNIX solution to get permission to
do that.  In the meantime we've been converting many things to Linux
from UNIX.

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Watson, Keith
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:39 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Big Tech Problem as Mainframes Outlast Workforce

And you thought all us old guys will hardware gathering dust in their
basements and garages were dinosaurs of a bygone era.

Big Tech Problem as Mainframes Outlast Workforce
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2010/tc2010082_274669.
htm


Actually I haven't had to work with a mainframe since 1994.

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280



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