For those of you who don't remember, this is what an 8-inch floppy disk looks like. (credit: Government Accountability Office) Some of the most critical business systems run by US government agencies are older than many of the IT people who support them, written in mainframe assembler code or COBOL. That might not shock or surprise anyone who works in mainframe-centric industries like insurance and finance, where the time-tested reliability of some systems has granted them lives that reach back to the Johnson administration.
Comment on Government agencies keep sacrificing cash to zombie IT systems, GAO finds
Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 4:30am
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