COBOL - like mother's milk... Been there, done that for many years and way back then also wrote in IBM S/370 Assembler. Don't miss that one <g>.
-Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Greenwood, Erin E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: COBOL's Revenge (CF Timeline Related) > > > *** sniff *** > > I loved COBOL. > > e > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Fwd: COBOL's Revenge (CF Timeline Related) > > > I received this gem in my mailbox today, and I ask you: Is > COBOL really in > for a comeback? : ) > > Judith > > >Subject: COBOL's Revenge > >Sender: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:21:08 -0400 > >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >X-Mailer: JMail 4.0.0 by Dimac > > > > > >Hi Judith, > >COBOL the once less sexy "old world" language is suddenly > catching the eye > >of the up and comers as half century-old IT programmers fade into > >retirement and with them the "secret language" of nearly 70% > of business > >mainframes. (Recent study by Meta Group points out more than > half of all > >COBOL staff are over 50) > > > >One company, that has kept focused on giving new life to legacy, is > >ClientSoft. > > > >"The challenge dictated by today's emerging business > requirements is the > >need for fast integration between trusted legacy > transactions and new > >Windows and Java-based applications," said ClientSoft's CEO > William Wilson. > > > >ClientSoft's integration platform includes all the necessary > software > >which wraps mainframe CICS transactions to build a business > component or > >Web service. CTO utilizes a standard TCP/IP network to > access Windows from > >the mainframe, meaning no gateway or black boxes are > involved and this > >ensures that mission critical applications are protected > while programmers > >are building new enterprise applications. > > > >Call Steve Capoccia 617/454-1103 for an interview with CEO > Bill Wilson on > >the topic of bringing new life to legacy systems. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
