For several Shares (Seattle, Baltimore, Tampa, San Diego and San Jose), I have had to follow up on OS/VS COBOL issues as we have several large, mission critical systems written in OS/VS and VS COBOL II. This is always a topic at some of the sessions. I have been there when IBM has asked for a show of hands; who is still running these old COBOLs, why, and why not upgrade. Generally, 60-75% of the hands went up. Each time, I have heard them (IBM) say that these old COBOLs are not supported, but should run with z/OS 1.9 (the latest release I heard specifically mentioned). They (the IBM folks in the room at the time) said that continued 'runability' was not something that IBM would commit to, though they understand the issue and they have been working on tools and services to help us make the move.
Perhaps one or more of the IBM folks on the thread might like to comment? Linda Mooney -------------- Original message -------------- From: John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:35:16 -0500, John P Kalinich wrote: > > >Mark Yuhas of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List > >wrote on 10/02/2008 12:27:32 PM: > > > >> Has IBM announced what release of LE will not support old COBOL runtime > >> environments, specifically OS/VS COBOL and VS COBOL II? > > > >LE is a runtime environment with OS/VS COBOL and VS COBOL II support. At > >SHARE a couple of years ago, the LE group proudly said that LE was downward > >compatible to the OS/VS COBOL level. > > > >Regards, > >John K > > But have they promised to maintain that compatibility forever? > > -- > John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
