The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java

Re:The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java by TimJYoung on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @01:30PM (#16378017)

Thanks, I suspected that this was the case after I read the Cringely book on IBM (https://www.amazon.com/Decline-Fall-IBM-American-Icon-ebook/...). It gives one the distinct impression that connections matter a lot, and that getting the contract matters more than actually completing it successfully.

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Re:The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java by JPKab on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @10:12PM (#16381641)

This is too true.

The career path at my former defense contracting gig went from software engineer to someone who writes proposals. They clearly valued winning work over executing it. Rent seeking economics at work.

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Re:The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java by pjmlp on Thursday February 15, 2018 @12:25AM (#16382121)

This applies to all big corporations, not only government related projects.

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