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		billpg on Oct 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EBCDIC Is Incompatible with GDPR "Call Bob. He is the only person who knows how to maintain this system." "Bob died. Ten years ago."

haolez on Oct 25, 2023 | [–]

This actually happened at my previous company. The sole maintainer of a legacy system was a contractor in his sixties and he died due to COVID. The system was still unmaintained and falling apart when I left.

_Microft on Oct 25, 2023 | [–]

Does that mean that we need to call the necromancer again? He scares me...

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