Re: Microfocus COBOL 3.2.43 (16bit)


P. Raulerson wrote:

New PC Hardware: $4K - $11K. Depending upon the needs. $11K = new dual-core
dual processor IBM LS20 blade with dual fibre connections & eight gigs of
RAM on board.

VM software (Free to about $4K).

NT Software, Compiler, etc. Already in place.

So cost (in the U.S. you are on your own in the U.K.) is anywhere from $4K
to $15K, a very reasonable cost to extend the life of a critical system. And
yes, you could host it on a Windows Server or Windows Vista machine without
any trouble.

It is possible that the application may just be running on a single
machine, the compiler is, but it is likely that the production program
is running on every desktop machine in the company, or a significant
number of them. $15K * several hundreds or thousands of PCs may be a
bit steep.

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