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The key take-away here is that he used a completely separate reporting system from the rest of the company. The implication that it's relatively obscure hardwa
by kloch 5y ago
The key take-away here is that he used a completely separate reporting system from the rest of the company. The implication that it's relatively obscure hardware was a shield to scrutiny is beside the point. Madoff was in charge and if he said this system will be separate that's what it would be no matter what it was running on.
It's probably the architecture he started with in the 1980's/1990's and just kept rolling with it.
- chiph 5y agoUpgrades on the AS/400 are super easy. You basically cart in the new model, and restore from the backup you made from the old machine. It then works for a while updating all the objects & references, and then you're ready to go.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoCan confirm, we did this at a previous company I was with. It was actually quite impressive how much of a nonevent it was.