Post by rubl on Apr 11, 2020 20:16:44 GMT 7
WE live in a complex society where we've been depending on lots of things without realising what we depended on.
"COBOL-coding volunteers sought as slammed mainframes slow New Jersey's coronavirus response
Huge surge in applications for financial assistance show Governor Phil Murphy the ugly side of technical debt
The governor of New Jersey has asked COBOL-capable coders to volunteer their skills as the US state’s mainframe computers have struggled to cope with a surge of requests for benefits to help citizens through the coronavirus crisis.
In his daily press briefing on April 4, Governor Phil Murphy said: “In our list of volunteers not only do we need health care workers but given the legacy systems we should add a page for cobalt [sic] computer skills, because that's what we're dealing with in these legacies.”"
www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/05/new_jersey_cobol_volunteers_mainframes/
"COBOL-coding volunteers sought as slammed mainframes slow New Jersey's coronavirus response
Huge surge in applications for financial assistance show Governor Phil Murphy the ugly side of technical debt
The governor of New Jersey has asked COBOL-capable coders to volunteer their skills as the US state’s mainframe computers have struggled to cope with a surge of requests for benefits to help citizens through the coronavirus crisis.
In his daily press briefing on April 4, Governor Phil Murphy said: “In our list of volunteers not only do we need health care workers but given the legacy systems we should add a page for cobalt [sic] computer skills, because that's what we're dealing with in these legacies.”"
www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/05/new_jersey_cobol_volunteers_mainframes/
