Hmm.  As always with these kind of announcements, I wonder if the "CICS
offering on the Linux platform" will include S/390 and zSeries or not.


Mark Post

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Steve Ware
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Here's what IBM has "officially" said so far, about "CICS for Linux":

IBM Announcement Letter No. ZP04-0135 dated April 13, 2004.

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms V5.1 improves compatibility with CICS
Transaction Server for z/OS and interoperability with WebSphere Application
Server

Statement of General Direction

IBM recognizes the significance and benefits of the Linux operating system
to CICS customers who have chosen TXSeries for their applications. It is
IBM's intention to release a CICS offering on the Linux platform in 2005 in
order to provide:

o A strategic migration path for TXSeries CICS customers wishing
to maximize business value by consolidating heterogeneous distributed
transactional application workloads to a single Linux operating
environment.

o An entry-level CICS transaction server offering that enables
cost-effective execution of new mixed-language transactional solutions that
can be readily migrated to any CICS platform to support future increases in
business demands.

CICS for Linux will provide improved installation, configuration, and
administration but without a DCE prerequisite.

All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to
change or withdrawal without notice.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Rich Smrcina wrote:

> Greg,
>
> The best that we have at this point is a statement of direction.  Rumor
> is that it should hit the street sometime next year.
>
> Greg Evans wrote:
> > Is it the case that IBM will be coming out with a version of CICS that
> > will run on SUSe Linux ?
> > I have searched the web, however I have only gotten hits for CICS
> > Transaction Gateway.
> > If you know otherwise please share that information.   Thanks,  Greg
Evans
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