Cobol - Re: COBOL and DB2 vs. Java and DB2

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Re: COBOL and DB2 vs. Java and DB2

Paul Knudsen

2008-01-16, 9:56 pm

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:56:49 -0800 (PST),
Alistair.J.L.Maclean@googlemail.com wrote:

>A boozy chum of mine has had to support users who enter data on
>spreadsheets before feeding the files to the mainframe. The users
>frequently changed the layout of the spreadsheets with the result
>being that the mainframe crashed. On each occasion he was forced to
>change the mainframe to accomodate the changed format. He has even
>been forced to debug user spreadsheets for the clients despite the
>fact that the IT department did not provide expertise or support for
>spreadsheets.

Chuckle... no wonder he is boozy.

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