Re: OT: Religion in CLC posts WAS: Re: MF Collection Class speed

From: Jeff York (ralf4_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:47:43 +0000

"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:

>I said in 1997 that COBOL would be dead by 2015. It wasn't just "doom and
>gloom" or scare mongering, it was based on extrapolation of what was
>happening in the market place at that time.

That's OK then.. I retire in 2009. :-) 

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