COBOL? Like mother's milk to me :-) First coded in COBOL in 1971 <g> IBM "mainframe" had 48K of memory <hehehe> and would you believe IBM S/360 Assembler?
(song "Those Were the Days" playing in back of mind...) -Ben > Really Fun PR: (I thought you guys would enjoy the juxtaposition of my two > worlds ...) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:29 AM > Subject: Beam me up COBOL > > > Hi Judith, > > While "Enterprise" has brought new life to Star Trek, in a quirky twist of > coincidence the development of many computer languages foretold the next > generation of Star Trek TV series, six in all (we refuse to recognize the > short-lived animated version from the mid '70s). > > September 8 marks the 36th anniversary of the first episode of Star Trek. Cue > what's happening in business today. Why lay a good idea to rest? > > After Star Trek, Star Trek II, Star Trek Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, > Voyager, and now Star Trek Enterprise - business enterprises are also returning > to their "roots" and getting at their old legacy systems data - and some are > making the bits more accessible as Web services. > > One company, founded in 1987 - (same year as Star Trek Next Generation) gives > new life to legacy systems. And like Star Trek, is continuously reinventing > itself to essentially address the same conflict, exploring new worlds. > > Many businesses are using ClientSoft's legacy systems to explore and re-purpose > their own data, since 70% of business applications are still written in COBOL > (Giga), invented in 1960, even before the first Trekky was a twinkle in Spock's > eye. > > I'd guess about 70% of people have seen at least one episode of Star Trek... > Well, we can't offer you Scott Bakula, but if you'd like to speak to Hugh > Raiford of ClientSoft, let me know. > > Ali > 617 454 1104 > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Alison Merifield > LEWIS > PRWEEK's Consultancy of the Year Finalist, 2001 > PRWEEK's Hi-Tech Agency to Watch, 2000/2001 > Marketing and Media Relations for Technology Companies > > Paragon Towers > 233 Needham Street > Newton, MA 02464-1502 > Tel: (001) 617/454-1100 > Fax: (001) 617/454-1101 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.lewispr.com > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
