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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues
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To: Caroline who wrote (1741)5/9/1998 7:16:00 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 9818
 
>>It's all old, and there are no shrink wrapped products to take its place.<<

I'd like to add a bit more here about the term "legacy". Much of the existing Cobol code has old origins, but it has been revised, converted, added to, and built upon like an old house with lots of owner-added additions that never had a building inspection. Thus there is actually a lot of "new" Cobol code. Many different programmers worked on it, often in the absence of clear standards and policies, and usually under management pressure to "just get it running".

The lack of consistent design makes it all the more difficult to solve the Y2K problem, but the code is woven into the fabric of the organization to such an extent that rapid replacement is imposible. Organizations just starting to face these problems now are in real trouble.

Greg
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