Mark Simms
marksimms at verizon.net
Sun Jul 15 09:45:00 CDT 2012
Interestingly Java's J2EE was supposed to solve this problem. I don't' think it ever got that much traction due to it's complexity. > Hi Stuart: > > That is just great and a story I have heard and been involved in a > number of > times. > > It is also particularly good that you managed to hack together an > adequate > replacement in so short of time. A word of warning, that IT company > wouldn't > like you for it, they have long memories and too much influence. > > I have found that many times such huge applications, running such heavy > duty > equipment, suffer from so many layers of code that they just fall over > under > full load. The solution is to always re-code, buy more equipment and > pay out > a lot more money...in a couple of year, a few million dollar later and > everything will work just fine. > > Your story is a true David and Galiath tale...wish I had some place to > post > it. Good for you! > > Jim