One possibility for a SIB would be to ask HP to provide assistance
(staff and/or code) to the Open Source Cobol project that is planning
to use the gcc code generator.  An open source cobol would help
keep us froo of vendor lock in.  A Cobol vendor can offer us
extensions and GUI frameworks and neat features that well justify
the cost, but for those of us that just want to use "plain" cobol,
a GNU Cobol would be very helpful.

I think we should all consider other areas wereh HP making a
contribution to Open Source might be good for us.  It also would
help HP fulfill it's claim that it "gets" the open source idea.

Richard
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