http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/ SoftwareMining - Legacy Modernization Blogs en Cyrus Montakab Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:28:58 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.softwaremining/sm/pics/cyrus.jpg http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/ http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comment1332613738500 <p>Last year I was talking to a System Integrator with large offices in India. He was telling me&nbsp;fresh Indian university graduates typically jump at the opportunity to work with this BIIG compoany. But then when they start to work, and get assigned to a COBOL project - they are disappointed. Anyway it takes them at least half a year to get to know the mainframe, COBOL and the system they are suppose to be maintaining. When a change request comes in from the outsourcing-client, it takes them a really long time to implement the change and test it (they lack confidence). After year and a bit, the graduates feel if they stay, they'll never get another job with more exciting technologies&nbsp;- the kind of stuff they went to uni to study. </p> <p>And the System-Integrator has a large turnover of staff - and a continuous re-hiring, re-training cycle. </p> <p>Grass isn't always greener on the other side !!</p> Cyrus Montakab http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comments http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/22/1245661560000.html#comment1332613738500 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:28:58 GMT http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/05/31/1243802880000.html#comment1318741211765 COBOL products are very use in business. Ecommerce Software http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/05/31/1243802880000.html#comments http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/05/31/1243802880000.html#comment1318741211765 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:00:11 GMT http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/15/1245093960000.html#comment1309887297765 I do agree..Micro Focus Should not forget People took 50 years to move from mainframes to Micro focus but will take less time to move from Micro focus to C# or java or any other Open Source . Micro focus is Nokia we are waiting for another Android to come. Open Source is future. Shankar V http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/15/1245093960000.html#comments http://www.softwaremining.com/blog/CyrusMontakab/2009/06/15/1245093960000.html#comment1309887297765 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:34:57 GMT