Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-07 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/04/2008 at 08:43 AM, Clark F Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: One day the mainframe world will wake up to the fact that they have a choice. There WAS a time when mainframe hardware was the only game in town and vendors (both hardware and software) could charge

Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-06 Thread Scott Ford
: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows For example, Sabre (airline reservations, Travelocity) cut its total expenses 50% when it switched from mainframe to Unix. I do not have any particular knowledge of Sabre, so I would assume absent any information to the contrary

Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-06 Thread Hal Merritt
was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows The following discussion on comp.lang.cobol may prove interesting. I would be curious to read if any of the major claims such as American Airlines Sabre moving totally to Unix are wrong. Clark Morris On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:38:36 -0500, in comp.lang.cobol

Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
For example, Sabre (airline reservations, Travelocity) cut its total expenses 50% when it switched from mainframe to Unix. I do not have any particular knowledge of Sabre, so I would assume absent any information to the contrary that they're wonderful people. But I do have a problem with whoever

(Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-04 Thread Clark F Morris
The following discussion on comp.lang.cobol may prove interesting. I would be curious to read if any of the major claims such as American Airlines Sabre moving totally to Unix are wrong. Clark Morris On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:38:36 -0500, in comp.lang.cobol Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed,

Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-04 Thread Scott Ford
other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark F Morris Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 7:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

Re: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

2008-05-04 Thread Wayne Driscoll
04, 2008 6:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: (Mainframe has competition was fwd) Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows The following discussion on comp.lang.cobol may prove interesting. I would be curious to read if any of the major claims such as American Airlines Sabre moving totally to Unix