> AND OF COURSE, as far a RUN-TIME goes, if you have z/OS, then you already
> have the OS/VS COBOL run-time support. (It's part of LE).
Well, now you're getting to the heart of the actual issue. (This is not just
an academic question.) LE support for the older COBOLs is 99% compatible --
which is to say, NOT compatible. Specifically, LE requires some moderately
sophisticated analysis and possibly the re-linking (or more) of older COBOL
programs. Now you may say that's an easy conversion, but if a customer has
no budget allocated to the task, it's a showstopper. (We don't argue with
customers.)
So, if a customer had non-LE-compatible OS/VS COBOL programs and wanted to
install a second box, would IBM license the 5740-LM1 runtime? ("Why don't
you ask IBM?" IBM speaks with many voices. There is no asking IBM; one can
only ask individuals AT IBM.)
We have ordered old programs successfully in the past. Does anyone know if
there has been a recent change of policy? We're getting a new answer to an
old question.
(And yes, we successfully installed with SMP4.)
Charles
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Subject: General question on licensing "obsolete" IBM products
I don't know what IBM would do with a "PRPQ" type request for a NEW order
for the OS/VS COBOL compiler, but I don't think it would receive a "warm"
welcome. (Do you remember how to install a product with SMP4? OS/VS COBOL
was never delivered with SMP/E support)
As far as a shop getting a new (larger) machine, my guess (and I am not
certain of this) is that one could "move" the existing compiler from one to
the other without IBM crying too loudly.
AND OF COURSE, as far a RUN-TIME goes, if you have z/OS, then you already
have the OS/VS COBOL run-time support. (It's part of LE).
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