Hiya -- This may help: http://adtmag.com/blogs/watersworks/2010/07/ibm-mainframes-cobol-recruits.aspx http://adtmag.com/blogs/watersworks/2010/07/ibm-mainframes

Hiya -- This may help: http://adtmag.com/blogs/watersworks/2010/07/ibm-mainframes-cobol-recruits.aspx http://adtmag.com/blogs/watersworks/2010/07/ibm-mainframes-c... -- Basically, organizations are finding it easier/cheaper to keep the mainframes and transition only partially instead of moving it all over (although yes, Cobol still needed). Also, the manufacturers/software are making it much easier to do just that (e.g., Windows is coming to the IBM mainframe later this year: http://esj.com/articles/2011/05/24/ibm-windows-on-mainframe.aspx http://esj.com/articles/2011/05/24/ibm-windows-on-mainframe.... )