I think Clark Morris is talking about the COBOL-based EGL run-time and the Enterprise COBOL compiler, not Language Environment. And sure, if you're not running EGL using the COBOL-based run-time option you don't need to license those two products....
....But you would need to license something else, such as WebSphere Application Server, and with more capacity, some of which could be zAAP. How that comparison washes out is highly situational and varies, but isn't choice nice? IBM offers two options for running EGL on z/OS because both are excellent, and in different situations one or the other (or a combination of both) may be a better choice in your particular circumstances. Sit down with somebody familiar with the latest versions, your requirements, run at least some basic tests if you can, and develop two or three reasonably comprehensive business cases to compare those options. Some business cases favor the COBOL-based run-time, and some business cases favor the Java-based run-time. Choice is good! By the way, you can also run EGL on z/VSE: IBM offers a COBOL-based EGL run-time there, too. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation & Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
