Very interesting read about integrating legacy applications with modern UIs, producing a responsive application easily deployable and maintainable with very few resources.
http://www.thinkphp.de/XUL_Study_en.pdf
Winners? All. From developers to managers to those who measure ROI and YTD and whatever acronyms they're happy with.
It is not about COBOL or PHP, you can use the language of your choice..
It is about portability, ease of use and of course, about the power of XUL !