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keep all that COBOL running. Don't they?
Chris Meech
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Chris Meech wrote: keep all that COBOL running. Don't they?
Not to forget the unmanaged code - they'll all be in maintenance mode pretty soon (except for kernel mode stuff).
Regards,
Nish
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I'm thinking if software industry goes like fashion trends:
<H3>"...->unmanaged->managed->unmanaged->managed->..."</H3>
how many of us will be here in 5 yrs.
- It's easier to make than to correct a mistake.
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> managed->unmanaged
Did this ever happen?
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Just kidding, but no guarantee it won't.
- It's easier to make than to correct a mistake.
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Daniel Desormeaux wrote: > managed->unmanaged
Did this ever happen?
LOL. Name a language that existed before the ASM/C world in the 80's. It was probably managed code: Business BASIC, Cobol to start the ball rolling.
DanB
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> It was probably managed code: Business BASIC, Cobol
> to start the ball rolling.
Managed, or interpreted?
(I guess I'm really showing my ignorance?)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: the unmanaged code - they'll all be in maintenance mode pretty soon (except for kernel mode stuff).
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: Shhhhh[^] This is bad for the business
Regards,
Nish
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Thinking of keeping the old MFC stuff running and even .net in my golden years.
Never send a human to do a machine's job Agent Smith
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5 years ago, I'd thought I'd have left IT by now. I'm still here. I go through phases where I think it is time to move on, but they do eventually pass.
Michael
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For the first time ever I'm first to vote: I'll be here in five years.
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"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Michael Dunn wrote: unless I win the lottery ... I'll still be here in 5 years.
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If I win the lottery I'll definitely be here in 5 years (but as the head of a company)
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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When I was younger I had the same thought, but now I have a family, I think I'll opt out and enjoy the money and time with my family.
Never send a human to do a machine's job Agent Smith
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One day the powerball will just waft across my path and slap me in the face. While removing it I will receive a papercut that damages my pretty face and while despairing in the loss I will trip and fall over an open pit breaking both of my legs. Then on further examination, while in the hospital, it is determined that the powerball ticket was not a winner. And then I will have to rely on the paltry sum I shall gather from the liabilty lawsuits against the lottery company for the paper cut and the construction company for the open pit. Neverminding the fact that I was trespassing and blindfolded.
"Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage" -- Jean Anouilh
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Sounds more likely then winning the lottery.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book,
only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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PJ Arends wrote: Nothing kills the fun more then deadlines and clients breathing down your neck when things don't go exactly as they should.
It is more than that; they often kill the quality as well.
- It's easier to make than to correct a mistake.
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