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 ====== CSCI 125:  Cobol ======
-This page is written with regards to CSCI 125 in the Fall of 2014.  You will be using an application called Microfocus Cobol.  This is a Cobol IDE available on the department's virtualization infrastructure.
+This page is written with regards to CSCI 125 in the Fall of 2014.  You will be using an application called Microfocus Cobol.  Microfocus COBOL is no longer available but Open COBOL is available in the QBB244 lab. <del>This is a Cobol IDE available on the department's virtualization infrastructure.</del>
 ===== Connecting to the virtual desktop =====
-Instructions to connect to the virtual desktops can be found [[http://wiki.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/helpdocs/vmware/windows|elsewhere on the wiki]].  Everyone in CSCI 125 has been granted access to the pool named "Cobol".  Your account is the same that you'll use elsewhere in the department (the IACC 244 Linux Lab, etc.).  If you do not know your account, contact [[support@cs.ndsu.edu]].
+Instructions to connect to the virtual desktops can be found [[classes:csci125:start:RDPtoVM| on the How to connect to a remote windows desktop page.]] /* [[http://wiki.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/helpdocs/vmware/windows|elsewhere on the wiki]] FIXME. */  /* Everyone in CSCI 125 has been granted access to the pool named "Cobol".  Your account is the same that you'll use elsewhere in the department (the IACC 244 Linux Lab, etc.). */  If you do not know your account info, contact [[support@cs.ndsu.edu]].
+===== File Storage =====
+Files stored on the virtual desktops are **NOT** guaranteed to be persistent. In addition, you are **NOT** guaranteed to be assigned the same virtual desktop you used previously. Save your assignment files elsewhere.
+===== Possible Licensing Issues =====
+If you experience licensing issues, please see [[deptlab:microfocus]]
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+==== Open COBOL ====
+Open COBOL is installed in the 244 lab.
+It is a command line COBOL compiler.
+[[https://askubuntu.com/questions/287180/how-to-compile-and-run-a-cobol-program|Open COBOL on Ubuntu]]