RE: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Colin wrote:
>Does this mean theres a chance that RPG will appear on Linux?
>
>If so, I would be one of the first to go out and buy a new PC, install
>Linux, and develop RPG applications at home!
>
>This would also give non-AS/400's the chance to learn RPG, without
>having to purchase a 400!!!
>
>>> >And the Big question........... now that we have CF's
>>> >Can we port our code to Linux ?????
>>>
>>> Well, our compiler code has already been ported from the 370 to
>>> OS/2, OS/400, and even Widows.  I'm sure another port wouldn't
>>> be too difficult.  We'd just have to wait on all those other
>>> W-Code, CODE, and VisualAge components to make it all work,
>>> though.
>>>
>>> Personally, I'd love to see more of a demand for moving our
>>> products to Linux.

There's always a chance,  There's also the chance that human
civilization on this planet will be wiped out by a collision
with a 10km wide asteroid.

As far as I know, I'm the only one here in the AS/400 group
in Toronto who actually uses Linux.  (At home.  At work I'm
one of the few who still uses OS/2!)

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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