This is just a curiousity question. But is anybody developing new applications on Linux/390 instead of on their legacy z/OS system? I'm not thinking of Web serving type applications, but something where somebody said something like: "You know, we'd normally develop this application on z/OS using COBOL. But we can also develop it on Linux/390 using C and so not use z/OS MIPS." Perhaps a DB/2 application which runs on Linux/390 instead of z/OS (assuming you have DB/2 on both Linux/390 and z/OS).
Also, does anybody have a Web application running on Linux/390 which uses CGI to get data from the z/OS side of the house? Especially communicating with a CICS region. Again, just curious. This is sort of leading up to how can I run an application on Linux/390 which will communicate with a "server" on the z/OS side of the house to do VSAM I/O. This would most likely do the VSAM via an EXCI connection to a CICS region. Can a Linux/390 application use EXCI to talk to CICS? -- John McKown Senior Technical Specialist UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225
