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5. Here's the question: why? Why should a system that has worked almost flawlessly for decades be

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 10:47 AM

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replaced? What's the cost savings to develop new code? I've watched businesses and my university spend years and millions of dollars to replace COBOL systems with JAVA or a pre-written, "customizable" package. The reason DOGE is so gun-ho to change the programming language is because they don't know COBOL well enough to put in their backdoor money siphoning code.

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse [View all] demmiblue Friday OP

This is why the commerce secretary was telling us it was no big deal if his Wingus Dingus Friday #1

Exactly Miguelito Loveless Friday #10

This needs to be STOPPED! FakeNoose Friday #2

Not going to happen Miguelito Loveless Friday #11

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2026 is not going to save us. Miguelito Loveless Friday #12

I think we all need to get benefit verification documents to keep on hand. 33taw Friday #4

Here's the question: why? Why should a system that has worked almost flawlessly for decades be sinkingfeeling Friday #5

Why? Miguelito Loveless Friday #14

As you note, it's all about the backdoors Strelnikov_ Friday #18

Agreed Bayard Friday #19

bingo! pimpbot Friday #21

Have you any experience with an IBM Z16? Just move it to a newer, more powerful, and faster mainframe. The sinkingfeeling Friday #22

Java? FormerOstrich Friday #6

Agile William Seger Friday #9

Here... littlemissmartypants Friday #13

Thank you so much! n/t FormerOstrich Friday #23

My pleasure, FormerOstrich. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Friday #24

Oracle sounds about right DBoon Friday #20

Preposterous! William Seger Friday #7

All true, but irrelevant Miguelito Loveless Friday #15

Can't be any harder than autonomous driving, right? Miguelito Loveless Friday #8

Honestly, I don't doubt the SSA system needs extensive upgrade. Doubt they can do it in a few months, but assuming they Silent Type Friday #16

JFC!!! DBoon Friday #17

This will be a total disaster. I have been on the front row of attempts to replace large, complex COBOL systems before camartinwv Friday #25

IOW, delete the files no_hypocrisy Friday #26

I kind of fucking doubt the fucking South African knows Aviation Pro Friday #27