Dinosaurs of the Information World

Abstract

Millions of years ago, the dinosaur, a doomed species, roamed the earth. Today, three doomed MIS practices hold sway in MIS departments across the country: EBCDIC coding, nine-track tape storage, and excessive backup. It may be time for their extinction — or at least, planned retirement.

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Michael L. Gibson

Dr Michael L. Gibson is an assistant professor of business computer information systems at North Texas State University. He has published papers in information systems journals and has presented papers on decision support systems and multiple-criteria decision making at several national and international conferences. Dr Gibson's areas of research include decision support systems, information resource management, data base management systems, and quantitative tools for decision analysis.

Bob Cross

Bob Cross is currently working with simulation systems for General Dynamics. He received a BS in computer science from North Texas State University and has experience in designing hardware and software interfaces and data collection systems used in evaluating military hardware.