2 Jun
2017
2 Jun
'17
12:51 a.m.
On 05/17/2017 05:56 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Relax: I don't intend to learn COBOL. :)
Lots of tech reporters are writing stories about why COBOL is dead/obsolete. They're wrong. I am writing a story about COBOL's merits, roadmap, etc. -- already working on setting up some interviews with people in the ISO standards community, IBM, and so on.
For anyone wondering what came of this: I filed a story to my editor tonight, and it'll probably be published (www.techrepublic.com) tomorrow or Monday. I think you guys will like it, and I thank you all for the healthy debate. Because of the debate I was able to ask smart questions to executives from IBM and Micro Focus. I'll post the link when it is available.