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Status Not under consideration
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 30, 2013

TXSeries v8.1 Linux support for IBMCOBOL

IBM COBOL compiler is available only on AIX platform today and so there is no support for IBM COBOL on TXSeries for Multiplatforms V8.1 on Linux. The COBOL support that we have on x86 Linux is only with Micro Focus Server Express COBOL. IBM should provide an alternative, either IBM COBOL or an open COBOL like COBOL RT.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - TXSeries

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - TXSeries

  • Guest
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    Mar 10, 2015

    As IBM COBOL is not available on Linux, TXSeries can not support this combination. You have to open a RFE against IBM COBOL to make it available on Linux x86