Micro Focus

Micro Focus International plc was a British multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England.

[13] In July 2008, the company acquired the privately held Austin, Texas–based Liant Software Corporation for its RM/COBOL and PL/I product lines.

The police force maintained during the court proceedings that it had paid for a site licence that entitled it to unlimited installations of the software for all of its officers.

[21] On 22 March 2016, Micro Focus announced its intent to acquire Serena Software, then valued at US$540 million.

[23] On 7 September 2016, Micro Focus announced its intent to merge with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s software business segment.

[27] On 19 March 2018, Micro Focus shares fell 55% to 849p after the company warned of a sharp fall in revenue; its chief executive, Chris Hsu, resigned.

[28] On 2 July 2018, it was announced that Micro Focus would sell its SUSE business segment to EQT AB for $2.535 billion.

[31][32] In August 2022, Canadian software firm OpenText announced that it would acquire Micro Focus in a deal valued at US$6 billion.

[35][36][37][38] ACUCOBOL-GT offers a comprehensive set of extensions for programming and managing graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

Micro Focus
The Micro Focus logo circa 1985
A Micro Focus office in the United States, formerly headquarters for Novell
A Micro Focus exhibitor booth at a 2017 conference in Australia