[Gllug] HSBC problems!

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 01:02:24PM +0000, Doug Winter wrote:
> Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> >True, it is a broad term but it does have a meaning in the IT
> >world - many people use it. If it were meaningless it would not be in
> >common use. I've heard it many times, though I'd agree that there are
> >different perspectives. Obviously something you feel quite stongly about.
> >What term would you use instead to describe systems that are still in
> >operation but effectively unsupported (or soon to be unsupported) by
> >the vendor?
> 
> But that's not what it means.  Most of the systems called "legacy" are 
> supported perfectly adequately by the vendor, and will continue to be so.
> 
> Really it's just a FUD term used to mean "not as cool as what I'm trying 
> to sell you now".  As such it doesn't really mean anything :)

okay - I now have a new definition for "legacy". Cheers!

BTW - did anyone have more info on Tandem?

Ben

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