.gov.za and adobe

[BigAl-sa]

Can anyone give a valid reason why the government is so enamoured with extinct adobe products like flash? Sars and home affairs jump out like jack flash (pun!).

If I was in charge, whoever developed systems for the government and municipalities would be in danger of losing their jobs.

I really would appreciate comments from any .gov.za devs out there.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

It's likely the case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

It's only not broken though if you live in 1997.

 

[John_Phoenix]

It's got very little to do with the actual tech, actionscript is sexy as hell if you like to C your languages Sharp after having a cuppa Java, just be careful not to Lisp when you speak it.

But seriously, the people who could rebuild a disease as complex as SARS, would A) Charge almost exactly 1 Earth and B) Would you trust someone not to build in a stairway to heaven?

For all the gnashing of teeth it causes, The Doctor in the previous post has made the correct diagnosis.

 

[vic777]

Because InterFile does that work for government, and InterFile has a fetish for Adobe products

 

[Barbarian Conan]

Heh, the US company I worked for built a desktop application for a client in flash.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Can you believe, I have finally got my missus's passport application registered.

Do not try and navigate through the application after a couple of dops

 

[Drifter]

It's got very little to do with the actual tech, actionscript is sexy as hell if you like to C your languages Sharp after having a cuppa Java, just be careful not to Lisp when you speak it.

But seriously, the people who could rebuild a disease as complex as SARS, would A) Charge almost exactly 1 Earth and B) Would you trust someone not to build in a stairway to heaven?

For all the gnashing of teeth it causes, The Doctor in the previous post has made the correct diagnosis.

But for SARS its NATURAL in the backend.