On 22 January 2014 08:36, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now wouldn't that be a kick? An Enterprise COBOL compatible compiler which > produced Java byte code. That > would likely sell a lot of zAAPs.
Don't think it hasn't been seriously considered by more than one party... But as with any number of other such approaches, it would be limited by its own success. If it managed to displace any significant amount of IBM revenue by shifting "legacy" workloads to cheaper processors, IBM would put a stop to it, either technically or by new Ts & Cs of some sort. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
