Hi August,

>> programming language called COBOL because many of the state's
>> systems still run on older mainframes..

> Hey..  I worked with COBOL back in the day!   But I wouldn't do any of
> that as a volunteer.  No way.   But I suppose someone might be willing to
> donate their time for that grunge work.

There are a lot of people out of work right now, some might be willing to
donate their time, who knows.  Perhaps helping out will lead to $$ later.. I
can't know of course.

>> ...43% of banking systems are built on COBOL and 95% percent of ATM
>> swipes rely on COBOL code.

> I remember reading somewhere that most ATMs ran on OS/2 and even Linux and
> then switched to a Windows variant.

I remember reading that as well, but I also know from one of my uncles that a
larger number of them ran COBOL.. at least that was "then".. I don't know about
now.

Take care,
Janis

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4