Re: Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-19 Thread Marna WALLE
Willie, COBOL 4.2 is supported with z/OS V2.1. This is how I found it out (and you can use this process in general, to see any product that is supported with z/OS V2.1): 1) Look in Appendix B of the z/OS V2.1 Planning for Installation book, specifically Table 11. This book has been available

Re: Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-19 Thread Tony Harminc
On 18 September 2013 11:39, John P Kalinich jkali...@csc.com wrote: This web link has end of service dates for IBM products. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/index_e.html Where clicking on the z/OS 1.13 line gives me a nice friendly IBM message: Internal Server Error The

Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-18 Thread Rouse, Willie
Hello All, I would like to know where to find what IBM products z/OS 2.1 supports. Respectfully, Willie C. Rouse Senior Mainframe Consultant Prince George's County, Maryland Office of Information Technology 9201 Basil Court/ Room B8 Largo, MD 20774 Voice: 301-883-7189 Fax: 301-883-3790

Re: Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-18 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Good question! Because the Software Product Compatibility Reports tool http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/prodguid/v1r0/clarity/index.jsp doesn't know anything (yet) about z/OS V2.1. I did a fdbk about this. No answer yet. But I'm sure z/OS V2.1 supports COBOL 4.2 Often in the announcement

Re: Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-18 Thread Mike Schwab
Effective ?Jan 1?, 2014, Cobol 3 and 4 prices will be raised to match Cobol 5. On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Rouse, Willie wro...@co.pg.md.us wrote: Hello All, I would like to know where to find what IBM products z/OS 2.1 supports. Respectfully, Willie C. Rouse -- Mike A Schwab,

Re: Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-18 Thread John P Kalinich
This web link has end of service dates for IBM products. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/index_e.html Regards, John K Willie Rouse of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu wrote on 09/18/2013 10:24:08 AM: I would like to know where to find what IBM

Re: Does z/OS 2.1 support COBOL 4.2?

2013-09-18 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Re. Effective ?Jan 1?, 2014, Cobol 3 and 4 prices will be raised to match Cobol True. But going COBOL 5.1 may possibly be a serious migration/upgrade project. Look at several COBOL 5.1 and/or PDSE threads earlier this month, all the consequence of the 5.1 executables having to reside in