DytallixB@lemmy.world to Enough Musk Spam@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy 150 years olds are still getting social security benefitslemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarenwilz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah that’s not the defense you think it is.
minus-squareglitch1985@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThere are tons of IT systems in the government that have been running the same programming for 30+ years but if it isn’t broke it doesn’t get touched. Source: Use mainframe emulators often to perform routine tasks in government HR systems.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoso the huge legacy codebase should be ported to… and who’s gonna do that? You?
minus-squarenwilz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThis hasn’t been done because no one can do it. It’s because the government sucks at this stuff
Yeah that’s not the defense you think it is.
Could you elaborate on why?
You shouldn’t be using cobol in 2025
There are tons of IT systems in the government that have been running the same programming for 30+ years but if it isn’t broke it doesn’t get touched.
Source: Use mainframe emulators often to perform routine tasks in government HR systems.
Yeah that doesn’t make it ok
so the huge legacy codebase should be ported to…
and who’s gonna do that? You?
This hasn’t been done because no one can do it. It’s because the government sucks at this stuff