Austec International Pty sees the computing future being dominated by 80386-based PCs linked to database engines and to this end has started acquisition proceedings with a relational database company and brought out a new Cobol. The new product, RM/Master Cobol is the first since the takeover of Ryan-Mc-Farland Corp and differs form previous Austec offering by integrating development tools such as a program generator, screen painter, data dictionary and report generator into the Cobol package. Austec will not name the company it is seeking to acquire, but looks for completion by first quarter next year.
