[nickpeterson]

Part of the problem is, you tend to need cobol experts to actually have any hope of successfully transitioning to another technology, and if we had enough cobol experts would look at the cost of migrating and say, “who needs to, we have a bunch of cobol developers?”

[adamc]

Hire experts and have it be reported as "waste" and hear complaints in Congress about government waste.

We want government to be cheap. You get what you pay for.