[shmerl]

> If it does the job and serves the business well, why switch?

That's of course understandable (for keeping legacy systems), but new systems deployed with using Cobol is not so expected.

[kjs3]

We established that your limited experience in the business hasn't exposed you to a lot of what is going on outside of what is reported in HN. Why do you insist in on flaunting that fact?

[shmerl]

The reasons for using COBOL in any new project weren't explained, so whatever was "established" is irrelevant to the discussion.