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Inside the Hidden World of Legacy IT Systems

October 17, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Inside the Hidden World of Legacy IT SystemsHow and why we spend trillions to keep old software going By Robert N. Charette IEEE Spectrum

Posted in: Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: air traffic control, COBOL, COBOL programmers, computer systems, government administration, IRS, IRS computer systems, IT products, IT services, IT systems, legacy IT systems, power grids, telecommunications services, unemployment claims, wastewater treatment plants

How a Plan to Save the Power System Disappeared

August 30, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A federal lab found a way to modernize the grid, reduce reliance on coal, and save consumers billions. Then Trump appointees blocked it. The Atlantic Story by Peter Fairley

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, Politics, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: 2018, Aaron Bloom, Alex Fitzsimmons, carbon policy, carbon pricing, Catherine “Katie” Jereza, Cathy Tripodi, Charles Koch, climate change, climate change deniers, coal, coal-industry, DOE, Interconnections Seam Study, Jereza, Joshua Novacheck, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, Paris climate-change agreement, power grids, power plants, Power System, Rick Perry, Seams, Secretary of Energy, The Grid, Tom Sloan, Tripodi, Trump administration, U.S. Department of Energy

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