From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 7 04:42:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA22001 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 04:42:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from keywest.ird.rl.af.mil (KEYWEST.IRD.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.193.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA21989 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 04:42:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from goeringerm@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil) Received: by keywest.ird.rl.af.mil with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BD1B40.9D868E60@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil>; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 07:48:17 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Goeringer, Michael" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: FW: COBOL Language for FreeBSD Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 07:46:37 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ---------- From: Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II[SMTP:jrs@Mcs.Net] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 4:07 PM To: Goeringer, Michael Subject: RE: COBOL Language for FreeBSD I would be willing to contribute. I think it would be a useful tool. JOhn ********************************* * M C S N E T * * Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II * * jrs@mcs.net * ********************************* On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Goeringer, Michael wrote: > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:57:18 -0500 > From: "Goeringer, Michael" > To: 'Thomas David Rivers' > Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" > Subject: RE: COBOL Language for FreeBSD > > ---------- > From: Thomas David Rivers[SMTP:rivers@dignus.com] > Subject: Re: COBOL Language for FreeBSD > > > > Currently there is no COBOL compiler available for FreeBSD or Linux. > The > > GNU people are pretty hostile to the idea and Microfocus dosen't even > know > > we exist. > > I've been considering doing something about this myself. Does > anyone > think there would be any interest in a COBOL product on FreeBSD/Linux? > If so, would you pay for it? If you wouldn't pay for it, would you > contribute to the development in other ways (library development, > testing, > etc...)? > > > Dave, > > Pay...to a degree(in the distant future)...contirbute to > development=yes :-) > > Michael G. > > >