14 Jul
2023
14 Jul
'23
7:05 a.m.
On 14 Jul 2023, at 08:36, segaloco via TUHS
<tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
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Since that transition often involved change in enough
other aspects of an operation, moving to UNIX with the same COBOL applications just
wasn't the path to success for most folks,
I think that’s fair, and certainly true of the COBOL system I knew (late 80s).
For us, a move to Unix would have been a complete re-architect, re-code, and replacement
of basically all hardware. 3270 terminals, LU6.2 networking, CICS transaction monitor,
ISAM datasets, all the batch jobs and their JCL, to say nothing of the two (redundant)
3090’s and the sea of DASD, monster printers, etc. The retraining or replacement of staff
would have been overwhelming as well.
The closest I could get was writing some CICS transactions in C, but it wasn’t worth the
uphill battle.
The only solution was to be acquired by a more modern company and throw the lot out!
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