Sure, but the situation isn't getting any better. At some point you will have to start paying exorbitant salaries to people that still know Cobol and are famili

Sure, but the situation isn't getting any better. At some point you will have to start paying exorbitant salaries to people that still know Cobol and are familiar with mainframe. Then they'll need probably years to understand and untangle the systems. The sooner you start, the easier it's going to be.