Re: The "unplug the cord" dilemma

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 07:47:57 CST, Omar Herrera <oherrera@prodigy.net.mx> said:

> If taking decision C, could the company argue that by isolating the

A case could be made that if that machine wasn't *already* both isolated and provided with a high-availability hot-fallover spare, that the company wasn't being very diligent.

Of course, we're talking the FAA here, the same bunch that was still running IBM 3083s in production as Y2K approached (the 308x series was produced in the 1982-1988 timeframe, so we're talking 12-18 year old mainframes). At least those got replaced quicker than the IBM9020's THEY replaced...