John McKnown, We have a "web-based" application running from a variety of sources, one of which is Linux on OS/390. We use CORBA to communicate with CICS TS 1.3 running on OS/390 and Z/OS. It works like a proverbial charm, its fast and we think it is cool (That's just us). We use IBM's Java on both sides of the equation and life is good.
Best regards, Steve Guthrie -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Are you developing new applications on Linux/390? This is just a curiousity question. But is anybody developing new applications on Linux/390 instead of on their legacy z/OS system? I'm not thinking of Web serving type applications, but something where somebody said something like: "You know, we'd normally develop this application on z/OS using COBOL. But we can also develop it on Linux/390 using C and so not use z/OS MIPS." Perhaps a DB/2 application which runs on Linux/390 instead of z/OS (assuming you have DB/2 on both Linux/390 and z/OS). Also, does anybody have a Web application running on Linux/390 which uses CGI to get data from the z/OS side of the house? Especially communicating with a CICS region. Again, just curious. This is sort of leading up to how can I run an application on Linux/390 which will communicate with a "server" on the z/OS side of the house to do VSAM I/O. This would most likely do the VSAM via an EXCI connection to a CICS region. Can a Linux/390 application use EXCI to talk to CICS? -- John McKown Senior Technical Specialist UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225
