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April 4, 2009  10:30 PM

Legacy Applications – What Keeps Them Running?



Posted by: SJC
character based applications, custom application development, Legacy Applications, UI, User Interface

It can be a huge leap from the highly customized legacy application (which for many have been in use double digit years), to the newer graphical point and click or web based AJAX type application.  So my question today is "What keeps them running?",  or perhaps a better question is what is it...

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September 24, 2008  11:19 AM

What keeps an out-of-date application in place



Posted by: SJC
Application design, Business process automation, character based applications, Small Business Computing, Software maintenance

I had the opportunity recently to make some minor changes to reports originally created in the late 80's. The application is a character-based app running on an "old" version of SCO Unix, and hardware that has been kept alive by some clever mix and match combination of "old" components taken from...

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July 30, 2008  1:15 AM

Character Based Applications – Is it time to Update?



Posted by: SJC
Application design, character based applications, OOP

I am still amazed at the number of character-based applications which I see in use through any given week.  Many of these applications I know have been around since the early 80's, I know this because I continue to support a couple of them.  Many companies have been slow to get away from their...

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