Re: How many lines of Cobol running worldwide???

From: Peter E.C. Dashwood (dashwood_at_enternet.co.nz)
Date: 01/06/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:58:54 +1300

"Francis ANDRE" <francis.andre@easynet.fr> wrote in message
news:3ffafcb5$0$386$afc38c87@news.easynet.fr...
> Hi Listers
>
>
> I made some research on the net to find out how many lines of cobol were
> running in today's production systems, but I could not find out a strong
> validated and (why not audited) figure.
>
> In my understanding from the various sources, it is counting in billions
of
> lines....which is quite large in term of evaluation....Does anybody could
> give me more precise numbers, specially on past, present and future
> estimations??
>
Gartner Group are the ones who provided most of the existing estimates.

They claim around 3 billlion lines a year are still being written; in 1999
it was 5 billion.

These figures are totally suspect because...

(a) Gartner Group have a vested interest in COBOL.

(b) There is no really adequate way to assess the situation Worldwide.

Besides, what does it matter?

Pete.

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