IBM is releasing a free training course next week to teach the
60-year-old programming language COBOL to coders. It is also launching a
forum where those with knowledge of the language can be matched with
companies in need of help maintaining their critical systems.
The moves come in response to desperate pleas by state governors for
anyone with knowledge of COBOL to volunteer their time to help keep
unemployment systems functioning, a critical need as the coronavirus has
resulted in an unprecedented surge in people being laid off and having
to claim unemployment benefits.
https://www.inputmag.com/tech/ibm-will-offer-free-cobol-training-to-address-overloaded-unemployment-systems
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