Re: Opinions on approach, please...

In article <jcbk34dakcb3044qf3vd317916m3srru4b@xxxxxxx>,
Robert <no@xxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

Conversion requires fluency in the new paradigm, not the old one. After
the conversion is
done, no one will fault you for failure to support obsolete ideas, but
they will fault you
for failure to support new ones. In other words, don't think in Cobol,
think in database.

An interesting view, Mr Wagner... and also one contradicted by my limited
experience. If one is not fluent in the old system then one cannot get
past those who say 'Well, we gotta be able to reach over our heads to
scratch our left ears with our right hands... how ya gonna do *that*?' or
its technical equivalent.

DD
.

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