On 16 Jul 2010 19:21:48 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 17:17 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >> > using Java would allow elimination of the licenses for COBOL and runtimes >> >> COBOL runtime generally speaking is called Language Environment, right? It's >> pretty much a required component. Even if you have no shop-written COBOL, >> you may have vendor-written COBOL, PL/I, or C/C++. >> >> Charles >> > >You cannot get z/OS without LE. LE is a requirement for z/OS UNIX. z/OS >UNIX is a requirement for IBM's TCP/IP stack. z/OS UNIX cannot "not be >run". The kernel comes up regardless. LE is bundled into the cost of >z/OS.
I THINK that some LE runtime components are COBOL specific and may be extra cost. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
