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发帖数: 238 | 1 号称世界最强大的美国发射核武器的系统还在用floppy disk?!美国每年浪费几百亿美
元在过时的电脑系统上
美国联邦政府比如Social security administration还在用1950 年代的电脑和计算机
语言，比如COBOL？美国联邦政府每年浪费几百亿美元维护可以进博物馆的上个世纪的
电脑硬件和软件
美国政府真心不行啊，都怀疑下达命令，核武器能发射出去不？靠floppy disk？
Among the vintage computing platforms highlighted in the report:
The Defense Department’s Strategic Automated Command and Control System,
which is used to send and receive emergency action messages to U.S. nuclear
forces. The system is running on a 1970s IBM computing platform, and still
uses 8-inch floppy disks to store data. “Replacement parts for the system
are difficult to find because they are now obsolete,” GAO said. The
Pentagon told GAO it is initiating a full replacement and the floppy disks
should be gone by the end of next year. The entire upgrade will take longer.
Treasury’s individual and business master files, the authoritative data
sources for taxpayer information. The systems are about 56 years old and use
an outdated computer language that is difficult to write and maintain.
Treasury plans to replace the systems but has no firm dates.
Social Security systems that are used to determine eligibility and estimate
benefits, about 31 years old. Some use a programming language called COBOL,
dating to the late 1950s and early 1960s. “Most of the employees who
developed these systems are ready to retire and the agency will lose their
collective knowledge,” the report said. “Training new employees to
maintain the older systems takes a lot of time.” Social Security has no
plans to replace the entire system but is eliminating and upgrading older
and costlier components. It is also rehiring retirees who know the
technology.
Medicare’s Appeals System, which is only 11 years old, faces challenges
keeping up with a growing number of appeals, as well as questions from
congressional offices following up on constituent concerns. The report says
the agency has general plans to keep updating the system, depending on the
availability of funds.
The Transportation Department’s Hazardous Materials Information System,
used to track incidents and keep information regulators rely on. The system
is about 41 years old, and vendors no longer support some of its software,
which can create security risks. The department plans to complete its
modernization program in 2018.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/government-wastes-billions-of-dollars-on-old-computers-report-says/?from=groupmessage | d*******p
发帖数: 2525 | 2 那种系统的换代是很大的工程，所以长期使用旧系统是很正常的，别说涉及国防的了，
就是很多大公司，我就知道因为换代工作量太大的问题而使用几十年旧的电脑系统的 |
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