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Assunto:  Re: 3.5 floppies
De:       poindexter FORTRAN
Data:     Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:16:00 -0800
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-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> I've heard the US government tends to use technology for a fairly long
 Ni> time. If it's not broken, don't fix it..  Some years ago, I'd heard
 Ni> they were still using a computer system from the 70s, though they may
 Ni> have replaced it by now. And I've heard there are still some COBOL
 Ni> jobs, mainly in the government for old computer systems.

What killed me about that job was my boss telling me that in preparation
for my coming, he'd cleaned up the server room and e-wasted "pallets" of
IBM ATs. Those would have been worth a LOT - and I would have taken one
home!


 
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