Hi, Michael
In begining excuse me my English. I know it is not my strongest side. At secoundary scool from 1985 to 1988 I learnt COBOL in Hungary in an IBM 360 clone called R20. It was a standad mainframe of the socialist part of Europe. Two mounth ago I decided I relearn it by OpenCobol. Because of my two children and so much work it is now only a dream. But I have a question: is the OpenCobol with a Linux Distibution (perhaps Debian) a solution for your problem (maybe???)? I am sure the Identification and Environment Division will snugly must rewrite.
Best all, and have a real succes!
Zoli
2008/5/21, Michael michael@j3ksolutions.com:
Just curious, maybe some old timers could help me out. I am working with a company that is migrating 20 years of Mainframe Software Development to Unix, HPUX. How much harder would it be to go to Linux, Centos Linux?
Also, anyone have any experience with Fujitsu Cobol on Centos? The Fujitsu people only support Red Hat, and said I'd be on my own with Centos. In other words if it works, then I don't care about Fujitsu support.
I know some of you are thinking, did someone say "COBOL"? Nobody uses COBOL anymore! If so, let me say "You are wrong". Many large corporations are taking their old business logic that was written in COBOL decades ago, and moving it to new modern platforms, like Linux. Programatically giving these applications a GUI face-lift, while maintaining their original business logic. I know because many companies pay me to do just that. I have a client that wants to use Centos Linux with Fujistu Cobol, and Fujitsu says it's gotta be Red Hat, any help will much appreciated.
Thanks,
-- Michael Anderson, J3k Solutions Sr.Systems Programmer/Analyst 832.515.3868
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