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To: "'Thomas David Rivers'" <rivers@dignus.com>
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Subject: RE: COBOL Language for FreeBSD
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:57:18 -0500
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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.