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IBM Takes System/z To the Cloud With COBOL Update

Posted by timothy on from the spirits-of-the-ancient-ones dept.

hypnosec writes "IBM is taking its COBOL server platform to the next level by updating the mainframe platform in a bid to extend and enable its mainframes to host cloud based applications and services. The latest update is looking to add XMLS Server as well as Java 7 capabilities to the System/z COBOL platform and this update would extend the overall lifespan of COBOL by taking it up a notch and gearing it towards the cloud computing arena."

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  1. Anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A stake and garlic? Anyone?

    1. Re:Anyone? by Freddybear · · Score: 5, Funny

      mmmm, steak and garlic. Oh, wait...

  2. Ugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Extended COBOL lifespan?!

    THANKS OBAMA! :(

    1. Re:Ugh by DarkOx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Never a death panel when you need one.

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  3. Re:COBOL code is not too different by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anytime you use VB your are using a form of COBOL.

    Anytime you use Visual Basic, you are incrementing the counter keeping track of exactly which Circle of Hell you'll eventually be deposited into.

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