Why we really should write more stories about COBOL

Why we really should write more stories about COBOL

Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix relates some startling statistics about the prevalence of applications written in COBOL. It turns out there are nearly 200 billion lines of COBOL code in use worldwide, and 15% of new applications continue to be written in COBOL. Who knew? Dix explores the implications in this week’s editorial.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1020edit.html?vo

Networking nirvana

Winn Schwartau has figured out how to access the Internet “anywhere, anytime, for free.” That means he can do it wirelessly and at high bandwidth. Read how he did it in this week’s On Security.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1020schwartau.html?vo

Talk to us

If you want vendors to pay attention to your needs, you have to communicate those needs. One good way to do that is to talk to the press, says Robin Layland, president of Layland Consulting. The truth is, the press wants to hear from you – and contrary to popular belief, we’re not looking to get you in trouble.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1020layland.html?vo

A lawsuit is not the answer

‘Net Insider Scott Bradner this week again holds stupidity up to the light for all to see. When it was revealed that the new music CD copy protection could be defeated extremely easily, its developer went to the lawyers. Not the brightest move.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1013bradner.html?vo