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To: ahhaha who wrote (5523)	10/22/2002 10:35:57 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

adtools.com 5. Isn't everyone moving on from COBOL? Why is Fujitsu apparently putting a lot of effort into COBOL? Answer: The majority of the world's business applications are still written in COBOL. No one has found a silver-bullet solution for replacing these applications over night, and it does not look likely that this will happen in the next few years. There is therefore a massive investment in both COBOL programs and COBOL programmers that we believe needs to be supported. All corporations invested heavily in ensuring their applications continued functioning through the year 2000 and beyond. This has brought a reawakened awareness of the investment in COBOL and a resurgence in COBOL expertise. NetCOBOL is a product positioned to help companies benefit from these investments and trends. COBOL continues to provide the solutions that businesses need. Many companies that have taken excursions into 4 GL's, C, VB, C++, Java, and other "latest trend" solutions, are realizing that although each of these new developments have their benefits they also have their downside in leaving a legacy that is tough to handle. COBOL is designed for easy maintainability and has been around long enough to be supported by many maintenance tools. It is still the best business-logic language for the long-term.