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   Message 1,267 of 1,530   
   Sean Dennis to Dave Drum   
   Re: Today in History - 1   
   13 Aug 23 13:28:22   
   
   MSGID: 1:18/200.0 64d920c6   
   -=> Dave Drum wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    DD> We had a bit of discussion on Cobol and Fortran at my computer guys   
    DD> (and girls) get-together last night. The only one of us still working   
    DD> with 'puters has his current position because he can maintain the code   
    DD> in a State of Illinois mainframe used to run most of his agency.  Bv)=   
      
   Job security is a good thing.   
      
    DD> Me, I sell car parts at AutoZone amd cuss the kiddies at the home   
    DD> office who constantly futz with the OS (in Linux) the we use on the   
    DD> terminals at the counter. I really hate it when I try to access   
    DD> something that used to was easy to get to and has been buried under   
    DD> layers of menus and steps. Or hidden entirely and must be accessed by   
    DD> opening another program - like the catalogs for lawnmowers/garden   
    DD> tractors aor ATVs and motorcycles/scooters or the Heavy Truck stuff.   
      
   Unfortunately, a lot of programmers have very odd ideas about UI/UX (user   
   eXperience) stuff.   I've seen the UI at AZ before.  IMNSHO, it's overly   
   complicated.   
      
   -- Sean   
      
   ... Amiga made it possible.  Commodore made it dead.   
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