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Maintenance Horror Story Seen On Slashdot (AS/400)
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"Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Johnson, Tracy
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Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:25:44 -0400
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Reproduced here for your entertainment:

from the 9-track-really-isn't-the-answer dept.
Cron-os writes "The city of Wilkes Barre, Pa is furiously trying to enter 
some 25,000 tax records into their new PC network. Their aging AS/400 
crashed sometime around April 15, and the city did not renew a maintenance 
contract with IBM because it cost more than the PC network. You can read 
the associated articles here*, here**, and here***. I'm so glad I live 
across the river in a SANE city." I wonder if these bozos run their 
schools and roads departments with the same level of professionalism.

* http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/3146951.htm

** http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/3146952.htm

*** http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/3124134.htm

(Note this occurred in BNEPA not BSEPA.

BT
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Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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