COBOL – Still doing the business
Posted by Mike on Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 51 views
Integrating technology from fifty years ago with the 21st century is no easy task. MORE
20 Things You Might Not Know About COBOL (as the Language Turns 50)
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 84 views
The name COBOL was selected during a meeting of the Short Range Committee, the organization responsible for submitting the first version of the language, … MORE
Celebrating COBOL’s 50th birthday
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Justin James honors COBOL’s 50 th birthday with a brief overview of the language’s history and an endorsement of why it’s still a valuable skill. … MORE
Cobol remains old standby at agencies despite showing its age
Posted by Mike on Friday, July 10, 2009 - 59 views
In the beginning, or not too long after, there was Cobol. And it was good. 1952 – “Amazing” Grace Hopper begins development of natural … MORE
USPS goes open-source with tracking system
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For its part, USPS had to find a way to take source code written in Cobol and reuse it on Linux. Cobol, which marks its fiftieth anniversary this year, … MORE
Mainframes Still Garnering Key Support
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 127 views
This change of attitude has given new life to the COBOL programming language as well. Many organizations are re-purposing their COBOL applications for the … MORE
COBOL’s future lies in the clouds
Posted by Mike on Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 122 views
It’s been 50 years since the initial specifications of COBOL were laid out, yet the future remains bright for the venerable programming … MORE
10 dying IT skills
Posted by Mike on Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 126 views
… it also appears in as many articles about organizations with legacy applications written in COBOL that are having a hard time finding workers with COBOL … MORE
