Actually, there is exactly ONE chapter, 3.2 Chapter 6. Moving from the OS/VS COBOL run time at: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3MG32/3.2
That tells you what to look for in migrating existing OS/VS COBOL compiled programs to an LE run-time. Have you read the summary to see how FEW issues there really are? I just find it impossible to think that buying an OS/VS COBOL run-time (and running unsupported) would be "cost-effective" (money OR resources) compared to at least TRYING a migration to a supported run-time. "Charles Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > The current LE "COBOL Migration" manual lists a fair amount of analysis and > work to determine and or provide for upward compatibility. I believe them. > > When a customer has hundreds of "not recently touched" business-critical > programs, and no one who knows how they work, and no budget for conversion, > and typical corporate tolerance for risk (i.e., near zero) it is a HUGE > obstacle, and there is no reasoning it away, I fear. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of Bill Klein > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: General question on licensing "obsolete" IBM products > > I think that 97% compatible is GROSSLY underestimated. Although this may > not have always been true, but today, there are ALMOST no cases where the > BEHAVIOR is different. > > I suppose that if you are > A) still using ISAM > or > B) TCAM > Or > C) other very old software, you might have a problem > > HOWEVER< as long as you are running under z/OS, then you really, REALLY, do > not want the OS/VS COBOL run-time (either concatenated before or after LE). > If your OS/VS COBOL programs were link-edited with NORES, then you don't > need ANY run-time library for them (and what you do have won't make any > difference). > > Can you actually give some reason TODAY not to use LE as the run-time for > all non-NORES OS/VS COBOL programs - or are you just saying that your > remember or heard that there USED to be a problem? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
