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Living Fossils: Old Tech That Just Won't Die
jfruh writes "You might think that flat files, VAXen, and punch card readers are things of the past — and you're right, for the most part. But here and there, these fossilized technologies have found places where they can survive in production use."
I thought this was going to be about IE6
If XML isn't fixing your problems, you must not be using enough of it...
EDI can be embedded in XML before storing it in your SQL database. I'm sure there's a Java library for doing this.
No sig today...
Yeah, goddam Krauts, what do they know about making cars? Half of them have the engine at the wrong end.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
...and the other half run on tractor fuel.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Still runs as it did the day it was shipped.
Remember children, if it's not 36 bits, you're not playing with a full DEC!
Well, he's a lumberjack. And he's ok.