From: "Paul Ranson" 

An old scrap of Cobol is clearly technically adequate, if politically unsaleable.

Paul

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Paul Ranson wrote:
>> You do have a rather narrow view of what might comprise an application.
>>
>
> Really.
>
>> But apart from that if it's not an adequate tool technically it's not
>> going to be right commercially or financially.
>
> You'd be surprised. Many many cases where frankly an old scrap of cobol
> does things which surprises others given a skillfull developer.
>
>> Politics will cause projects to fail, so what's right politically is
>> independent of all else, especially a successful result.
>>
>
> Pshaaw. Politics is what gets the funding for the project in the first
> place. Politics then determines the scope & the timeframe & thus the
> deliverables.
>
> Politics then comes into play when the projects pushes at the initial
> envlope
>
> Adam

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