MSX COBOL?
Reactivaning a really old post, I remember in Brazil COBOL being somehow popular for some applications. Today I found out that 40% of all software running in the Brazilian banking system is still COBOL, due to the cost and time to convert it all to a new language 
I have some insight info that there's still a lot of COBOL code running in US banking systems as well. Back in 2010 I was asked if i know any COBOL programmers with experience. I of course asked who would need a COBOL guy in XXI century and yeah, banking systems in US still has it. The recruiter who asked offered a $10000 bonus for a reference (which is ridiculously big, i wonder how much he was going to earn for that hire). But unfortunately i didn't know any COBOL prgrammers 
Then i thought 'How hard could it be to learn a new programming language?' and started looking at it. Holy CRAP! That's a horrible beast from hell! Nobody would want to learn such a language nowadays. Finally i have found a quote from Edsger Dijkstra: "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." and just though that no matter how much would be the salary i'm no going to study it
Cool. I never knew that COBOL language was running on a MSX.. fun fact to know 
Today I found out that 40% of all software running in the Brazilian banking system is still COBOL, due to the cost and time to convert it all to a new language
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Good advice! Even a $200 / hour COBOL programmer to apply a fix once in a while, is much cheaper than a multi-million $$ project failure. Especially if success of a company rides on it.
The recruiter who asked offered a $10000 bonus for a reference (which is ridiculously big, i wonder how much he was going to earn for that hire).
Back in the 2000 year due to millenium bug pain, a cobol programmer with experience (in italy) ranged from 3500€ to even 5000€.
Something like an offense to collegues that work with others more modern, and complex languages.
For comparison, actually in italy a good experienced/senior c++ sw engineer got a salary of 1.7k € :-(
