In article <kkpp8ukkldvm3tcn8m41f7vce9ap93aosh_at_4ax.com>, (Pete
Cresswell) <x_at_y.z> writes
>my take is that once somebody has something
>that works, they stick with it and put their money into new projects
>that will get them tangible benefits - as opposed to a
>usually-intangible payoff in terms of reliability.
>
The most mission-critical application I ever met was controlling a
sizeable (millions of cards per week) credit card personalisation bureau
-- they had strict performance agreements with most of the major UK
banks and credit card operators.
The whole thing was running off Paradox for DOS as of a year ago.
--
Albert Marshall
Database developer
Marshall Le Botmel Ltd
Received on Tue Mar 12 2002 - 08:57:20 CST
