• Jim P. (2/11/2013)


    -- you will see SW that is based off of Foxpro, VB5, DBase V, VPro5, and other ancient programming technology.

    Excellent snapshot of reality in this post of yours. We also find users who are admins, who input, verify, sign, challenge, audit and you name it all to the same data in the same process. There is little separation of roles and responsibilities, and when they are questioned we often hear that "You are lucky we even have a person who understands this and has the time."

    We plan for secure systems with distinct roles and in reality we find shared passwords, shared accounts, Admins who have no clue, and users who call the help line even before they start the process just to have you on the line to help coach them through the process. It is not that users are challenging, it is that users are challenged and need help in this complex technical world of ours. And they need more and more help if they are trying to do three jobs at the same time.

    Again Jim, excellent! Only one thing, if you consider these programming technologies "ancient" what do you say about COBOL, PL/1 and Assembler? 😀

    M.

    Not all gray hairs are Dinosaurs!