SoftwareMining Blog MicroFocus Rehosting vs SoftwareMining Translation to Java or C#

Re-hosting vs Translation - 10 reasons for choosing a good translation to Java/C# over MicroFocus Rehosting solutions.Maintenance - COBOL developers are getting close to retirement age. All new developers know java and C#Technology - moving to java or C# opens up the system to all kind of newer technologies: from open-source code coverage, documentation tools, performance optimizers, databases, and so onIntegration: Much easier to integrate Java / C# applications with other applicationsData-Migration (KSDS/VSAM to SQL Databases - where each COBOL field maps to an SQL Column)Data-Migration - Sequential files to can be migrated to MS-Excel Spreadsheet format,Data-Mining: Moving Indexed/KSDS data files to SQL databases opens up the system to host of data-mining toolsCosts - translation has no associated runtime costsFree of COBOL legacy - in a good translation, the generated code does not require in-depth familiarity with COBOL.Performance - generated code should avoid COBOL emulations where possible. For example, where possible it remove GOTOs, and REDEFINES and un-necessary formatting such as COMP-3.Welcome to 21st Century ! (Well, I had to say something very positive at the end :)Of course, that just my views !