On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 26, 2016, at 4:05 AM, Bill Woodger wrote: > <deleted> >> Yes, it does mention the PDS thing. No, it doesn't work on V5 programs. >> >> Enterprise COBOL generating Program Objects is not new with V5. It is new >> that all code generated from V5 must now be Program Objects. >> >> It is central and indivisible in V5. It is part of the planning for the >> development of V5 and beyond. There's no going back with the new compiler. > > > IMO IBM blew it on this alone and will loose customers. Maybe even the > account I am helping out now. At best it was a short sighted attempt to get > people to buy new hardware. In case IBM didn't realize money is extremely > tight and bullying them is not a good way to make friends. > I will help my client out on figuring a way around this financial bullying > tactic. If asked I will explain IBM is no longer in the business of working > for the small business. > > It might be IBM has done what MS did with XP. Hint people (many) are still > running XP. > > Ed
There is no scheduled withdrawal for V4. Patches for problems will still be created. Not sure if they have stated they won't update V4. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
