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Re:Myth of the Flat Fee by endtime on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @01:33PM (#2584778)
You're recommending COBOL as more maintainable than Rails? I don't know Rails, but I find this very hard to believe.
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Re:Myth of the Flat Fee by raganwald on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @01:39PM (#2584806)
The times, they are a-changing. COBOL has its own agile framework:

http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM

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Re:Myth of the Flat Fee by dasil003 on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @02:12PM (#2584926)
Where did I say maintainable? This is about stability over time.
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Re:Myth of the Flat Fee by endtime on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @04:50PM (#2585501)
>creaky and painful to upgrade—or even to find someone else to work on

What do you mean by maintenance, if not that?

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