[khelus]

COBOL is still very useful and used in quite a few places in big firms. Ditto MVS, JCL and other such mf skills

Cronos,
Last I heard easily 70 - 80% of data for large and intermediate companies is stored and retrieved in COBOL. In addition in my experience, successful software engineering in COBOL today requires a working knowledge of interfacing with multiple platforms including the net and hand held devices.

[ravager]

I used to work for a company that maintained their legacy systems in Cobol (and another proprietary legacy language). It was a nightmare. It would cost them a LOT more to just do a tiny bug fix, apply a patch, interface a closed system with systems written 4GL or open architecture. It would actually cost a lot less to rewrite the whole application in new technology. Only a bit of government regulation and a lot of sunken cost still kept the legacy systems alive.

[Cronos]

yes. I’ve had sme experience with Cobol and with folks who have tones of experience more than me. Experience counts...