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the ramblings of an old programmer

For those not familiar, a mainframe is just a large server. Older applications need to run on one of a small number of proprietary operating systems, but on most mainframes you can also install UNIX or Linux. If you want to create a lot of virtual Linux servers for your cloud environment, the best...

Recently, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy was trying to explain why the unemployment insurance systems were overwhelmed, and chose to blame a shortage of COBOL programmers. Since then, I have seen a lot of press about this shortage of COBOL developers, including an article with the alarming headline...