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> A lot of legacy, sure, but I think this article makes it sound even more legacy than it really is. Indeed. The point of the talk was that 1) legacy is often
by mbellotti 10y ago
> A lot of legacy, sure, but I think this article makes it sound even more legacy than it really is.
Indeed. The point of the talk was that 1) legacy is often assumed to be bad not for any real technical reasons but just because it is legacy and 2) a lot of what was being presented as legacy wasn't even legacy. Their OS 2200 version was actually newer than the Oracle DB they were using on the "modern" side of the stack.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoYou might enjoy this article given the kind of work you do: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249951/computers/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-ancient-computers-in-use-today.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/249951/computers/if-it-aint-b... You've probably seen plenty of crazy stuff in legacy systems but I'm hoping at least one surprises you. Maybe the first one. :)