linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:06:33 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support

> It's not necessarily that simple.  It might be for KFC and Dominoes, but
> for others, SCO is not the complete story.  Many legacy systems are
> written in COBOL, and must pay a per-seat licence for that on top of the
> per-seat licence for UNIX.  It is these systems that are most attracted
> towards SCO compatibility.

And they mostly use microfocus cobol which is available on Linux and uses
a vm is a trivial port, or they do a quick port to the fujitsu
cobol->java vm translator.

There are people in this community who deal day in and day out with
migrations. I don't hear a whisper of concern from those I deal with
about losing iBCS. 

Alan
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