The sentence where "VMS" appears has a subject of "computer firms" (plural), so it is possible the intended reference was to non-IBM software such as VAX/VMS rather than a typo. Since COBOL was supplied by multiple manufacturers, only two of the four items listed (CICS, DB2) are with certainty a reference to IBM-only products. Joel C Ewing
On 04/09/2014 06:18 AM, John McKown wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/08/cobol_s_360_anniversary/ > > One big typo was calling MVS VMS. And really enjoyed this paragraph > > <quote> > If you can remember COBOL in the '60s, you probably were there as it > quickly became the language of choice for online data processing for > handling payments, stock control and real-time air defence systems. No I’m > not making that up. We scared the Russians so much with our sophisticated > COBOL-based defence that they never dared attack and it may or may not be > coincidence that President Putin started throwing his weight around just as > we retired them. They held on for decades because, despite the sneering of > the cool kids (like me) who pushed C & C++ and the Quiche Eating > Pascal/Java fanbois, the mainframe Cobol stuff focused on being rock solid > rather than interesting; ask yourself if you want a more reliable air > traffic control system or one that’s more exciting? > </quote> > > -- > There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! > Genghis Khan > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > -- Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
