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From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>
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Subject: Re: BridgeWorks
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:30:54 -0400
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On 7/21/2024 11:28 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Dave Froble  <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> On 7/20/2024 11:31 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:58:09 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting. I wonder if it is a retro thing or there are still VB6
>>>> applications out there that need to be maintained.
>>>
>>> Would you entrust mission-critical business functions to obsolete,
>>> unsupported software?
>>
>> Would you entrust mission-critical business functions to today's supported
>> software?  ???CloudStrike???
>
> You mean like VMS or OS/360... err.. I mean MVS... err.. I mean z/OS?
>
>> Don't understand why anyone would question something that has been running
>> successfully for years with no problems ...
>
> When you're on an isolated system you can do that, but when you're having
> to function in a public environment where you don't have control over the
> end terminals, this is no longer enough.  Which is why you want reliable
> software that has been running for many years successfully but is also
> supported.
> --scott
>

I understand what you're saying.

But!

Is security dependent upon apps, or on the environment?

Provide a secure environment, and perhaps many times the app is Ok.  Not always.

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David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
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