On 22 Apr 2010 03:48:05 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:35:00 -0500, Kelman, Tom ><thomas.kel...@commercebank.com> wrote: > >>John, >> >>That WikiPedia article also states that DMSII was created by Burroughs >>(later UniSys) as a database to run on its processors. Does that mean >>they are still running UniSys machines. If so they have problems over >>and above COBOL "not being taught". It sounds like a typical government >>non-upgrade environment. Now they are caught in the dark ages and >>instead of upgrading to modern DB2 and COBOL on proper processors they >>are probably going to "throw out the baby with the bath water" and get >>OMG - WINDOWS. >> >>Tom Kelman > >Tom: > >The report was misleading (confusing) in many ways in that it talked about >all of the government. The specific department involved here regarding DMSII >(Human Resources Development Canada, HRDC) is running an older UNISYS >environment. > >Much of the Canadian Government IT environment is on very current technology >(and yes that includes lots of IBM System z). > >However, the canard about COBOL is one that always bothers me. A year or two >ago the Toronto Star had an article about COBOL being a "deal language". >COBOL could paraphrase Mark Twain, "The reports of my death have been >greatly exaggerated.". IMHO, there is probably more business server >application code written in COBOL than any other language still, and I see >no reason for that to change.
With the many conversions off the mainframe and with the growth of packages such as SAP, I seriously wonder whether this is still true. A large amount of code has been replaced. > >Jim > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
