Bill Klein wrote:
"Tony Harminc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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McKown, John wrote:
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I'm not sure if this is a good thing, but it will presumably eliminate the
point of things like the COBOL compiler to JVM bytecodes that at least a
couple of vendors provide(d), other than as an off-mainframe migration
aid.
ACTUALLY, I think that MORE COBOL applications will now be eligible. Rather
than being required to use a CEEPIPI "driver" program, all that one will
need to do is prove (?) that the same application is available on Windows,
Unix, HP-UX, etc. Given the large number of compilers that claim to port
z/OS COBOL applications to these environments "seamlessly", I don't know how
IBM will distinguish between them and Java, C, whatever programs also
running on those platforms.
You can even run CICS and IMS programs on Windows with Micro Focus,
CA-Realia (and I think Fujitsu).
You can also run non-LE conforming Assembler with Micro Focus and Realia.
***
It wouldn't surprise me if the T&C's change before z/OS.e goes bye-bye, but
as announced today, this actually opens up MANY more applications than are
"legal" under z/OS.e.
Well, I hope you're right on this, Bill. I took some time
and went back to read the announcment more carefully. It's
pretty complex. But it looks to me that a company's private
apps (inventory, billing, personnel, etc.), if developed by
the company for the company's use, are not eligible. It
doesn't seem to me that because a program was written in
COBOL (or Assembler or PL/I or C or C++) makes it eligible.
It's only if there is a commercially viable product designed
to run on multiple platforms (and can thus be ported to z)
that makes it eligible.
But, of course, the devil is in the details. A lot depends
on how laid back IBM is in allowing apps to be considered
eligible. We shall see how it all unfolds.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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