Re: iSeries Misconceptions

it is not me that thinks that COBOL is viable, but the marketplace.
Certainly the customer you were referring to does.

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From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: iSeries Misconceptions


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> If you consider COBOL to be viable, the RPG is unquestionably viable.
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> Al
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> COBOL is a viable language.
> The question was about RPG.
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> From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
> > Good news and bad news...
> >
> > I have a legacy 400 user, with applications written in COBOL in the
> > financial industry.
> >
> > They're previous application generated written reports, to which the
> > traders reacted and made trades.
> >
> > They wanted to move the app to real time, and conducted a search for the
> > most cost effective platform to a new interactive application.  The
> > solution was AS/400 green screen.  They didn't care about GUI.  They
> wrote
> > the entire app in COBOL green screen.  Ultimately it cost over $1M to
> > write.  The ROI calculation as off badly.  The ROI was 4 days!!!!!
> >
> > They refuse to be used as a reference account!  They consider the
> existence
> > of the application to be a corporate secret, and any competitor who would
> > get this info to be a competitive pressure.
> >
> > Al
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