Episode #11 Missed Opportunities Y2K Legacy Systems

Y2K: An Autobiography - A podcast by Peter de Jager

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Covid-19 resulted in Lockdowns, which resulted in Unemployment levels that exceeded all past expectations, which resulted in Unemployment systems - usually in the legacy category - bursting at the seams which resulted in call outs to COBOL programmers which highlighted a flaw in how we view 'Legacy Systems' It's not about old code - it's about old systems designs. Since Y2K involved many of these same systems, the question arises did we miss an opportunity? This episode takes a look at one area where Y2K remediation failed miserably.