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Re:Negotiations Failed: How Oracle Killed Java EE by dtech on Saturday May 04, 2019 @08:38AM (#19826048)
You could have said the same about Cobol in the '90s
Re:Negotiations Failed: How Oracle Killed Java EE by rpeden on Saturday May 04, 2019 @10:21AM (#19826609)
You could say something similar about Cobol now. Except replace 25 years with 60 years.

Lots of people on HN would probably be shocked at how many Cobol apps are still up and running and actively maintained.

Re:Negotiations Failed: How Oracle Killed Java EE by pojzon on Saturday May 04, 2019 @07:09PM (#19829956)
Like half of world bank systems are running on Cobol. No way its going out any time soon.

And i dont see a problem if ots working and there are people willing to maintain it if needed.

Re:Negotiations Failed: How Oracle Killed Java EE by coldtea on Saturday May 04, 2019 @10:38AM (#19826716)
You seem to think Cobol is somehow superseded now. In fact it runs more critical infrastructure, and even sees more lines per year added for those kinds of systems, that JS does.