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Re: Redwood City seeks bids to replace Universe system

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"... [while] it is fully functional, its programming language, PICK BASIC (PB), is an older, character-based programming language. Software Developers able or willing to develop in PB are becoming more difficult to find. The native screens are mostly character based, which is cumbersome, and not user friendly."

I wonder which $200 per hour consultant told them to rip-out-and-replace aka start over from scratch...

There is nothing in that report that says the current system isn't doing something they want it to do. Sounds like classic "...it's old so it must need to be replaced..." thinking.

Glad I'm not a taxpayer in that town. Or a city worker that depends on this system.

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Redwood City seeks bids to replace Universe system wjhonson <wjhonson@aol.com> - 2018-04-05 09:25 -0700
  Re: Redwood City seeks bids to replace Universe system timbered <syeomans5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-06 12:47 -0700

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