The real question is "do they have a contractual right to run the programs after the license is terminated?"
I don't know the answer, but that is the real question. If the answer is yes, then if the programs do not continue to work, they have a legal beef with CA. If the answer is no, then even if they continue to work, they are risking embarrassment and damages if they continue to run the programs. That's a question they ought to be able to answer by looking at their agreement with CA. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 2:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Eliminating CA-Optimizer We support an old OS/390 (yep!) system that is slowly being eliminated. To cut costs, the customer is asking about eliminating CA-Optimizer. 1) Would all the Cobol programs require re-compiling? 2) Or, will the run-time library continue to work once the license is cancelled? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
