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From: Howard Brazee on 23 Jun 2008 13:46 On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:07:42 -0500, Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: >Maxwell was still going string. They downgraded Gunter to be a branch location of Maxwell. Actually, I was thinking Gunter for the computers back then.
From: Joe Zitzelberger on 6 Jul 2008 17:19 In article <ug9p54dum9shtk89p1rdthoufvk80tbt4g(a)4ax.com>, Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:20:09 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger <zberger(a)knology.net> > wrote: > > >In article <cpn05418j72uo9rqrk355cdb8mg040q3ef(a)4ax.com>, > > Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: > >> > >> The US federal student loan system is Cobol on Unix. > > > >Errr...that would be Cobol running on z/OS. > > When I worked on it in 2001, it was on Unix. That was the loan origination > and > disbursement system, then outsourced to EDS. I don't know about the > collection system, > which was run by someone else. EDS lost that gig in early 2002 to a z/OS shop.
From: Robert on 7 Jul 2008 00:17 On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:19:57 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger <zberger(a)knology.net> wrote: >In article <ug9p54dum9shtk89p1rdthoufvk80tbt4g(a)4ax.com>, > Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: > >> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:20:09 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger <zberger(a)knology.net> >> wrote: >> >> >In article <cpn05418j72uo9rqrk355cdb8mg040q3ef(a)4ax.com>, >> > Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: >> >> >> >> The US federal student loan system is Cobol on Unix. >> > >> >Errr...that would be Cobol running on z/OS. >> >> When I worked on it in 2001, it was on Unix. That was the loan origination >> and >> disbursement system, then outsourced to EDS. I don't know about the >> collection system, >> which was run by someone else. > >EDS lost that gig in early 2002 to a z/OS shop. Probably Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), the company that ran the collection system. They are primarily a z/OS shop.
From: Joe Zitzelberger on 8 Jul 2008 00:28
In article <326374pu0057dbve5jq9b41tflum59pi8o(a)4ax.com>, Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:19:57 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger <zberger(a)knology.net> > wrote: > > >In article <ug9p54dum9shtk89p1rdthoufvk80tbt4g(a)4ax.com>, > > Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:20:09 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger <zberger(a)knology.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >In article <cpn05418j72uo9rqrk355cdb8mg040q3ef(a)4ax.com>, > >> > Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> The US federal student loan system is Cobol on Unix. > >> > > >> >Errr...that would be Cobol running on z/OS. > >> > >> When I worked on it in 2001, it was on Unix. That was the loan origination > >> and > >> disbursement system, then outsourced to EDS. I don't know about the > >> collection system, > >> which was run by someone else. > > > >EDS lost that gig in early 2002 to a z/OS shop. > > Probably Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), the company that ran the > collection system. > They are primarily a z/OS shop. Not really...but it was a z/OS shop. In fact, they just renewed the contract for a few more years. |