Yes, they'll eventually replace the PC's with PDA's!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Tracy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:26 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Maintenance Horror Story Seen On Slashdot (AS/400)
>
> 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
> NNNN
> Tracy Johnson
> MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
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