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German railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systems (www.techspot.com)
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[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

it matters because it is a language that few people learn, so the available talent is scarce, increasing the chance something bad happens. Keeping up with an evolving society is essential for the longevity of a service

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

the available talent is scarce

I have a friend who is going to take over maintenance for a smaller regional banking system in a few years. It's mostly COBOL and the systems themselves have not been updated in like 25-30 years. He has been apprenticing under his mother who has been in charge of maintaining the infrastructure there since the late '80s.

[–] pascal@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Time 2 years top, there will be an AI that converts perfectly COBOL into JavaScript.