https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/551921bf-2acf-4253-86f3-77ccf57d8ff7 GnuCOBOL: Industrial Maturity and Competition with Proprietary Offerings The GnuCOBOL project, as an open-source solution, has recently achieved industrial maturity, positioning itself as a serious contender against proprietary offerings. This presentation will explore the advancements and significant developments that have propelled GnuCOBOL to a level of stability, performance, and features that rival existing proprietary solutions. We will delve into the characteristics that have contributed to this maturity, highlighting the flexibility, reliability, and accessibility of the COBOL language in an open-source context. By showcasing real-world use cases and examples of success, we will demonstrate how GnuCOBOL meets industrial needs while providing a free and ethical alternative. This session is aimed at developers, open-source project contributors, and professionals looking to optimize their software infrastructure with cost-effective and high-performance solutions. Join us to discover how GnuCOBOL, with its industrial maturity, is emerging as a competitive option in the programming language landscape. Speaker: Fabrice LE FESSANT, Track: Lightning talks, Room: H.2215 (Ferrer), When: Saturday 3 February 2024, 14:00–14:15 (Brussels time), Schedule: FOSDEM 2024 event page, Slides & links Slides, Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Belgium (CC BY 2.0 BE) (as stated in the FOSDEM video archive). Attribution: “GnuCOBOL, the Free Industrial-ready Alternative for COBOL!” by Fabrice LE FESSANT, FOSDEM 2024. Original recording: 2024/h2215/fosdem-2024-3249-gnucobol-the-free-industrial-ready-alternative-for-cobol-.av1.webm from the FOSDEM video archive. This channel is an unofficial mirror; FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:13:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.watch https://peertube.watch/lazy-static/avatars/3b284627-b75f-409e-ac2e-10f4c2946f43.png https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/551921bf-2acf-4253-86f3-77ccf57d8ff7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.watch/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.