Re: Planning for an iSeries future

Glenn,

Without any reference to any prior messages, my comment is that, "The
future's so bright, together we're brilliant.".

Yes, I do have a better than average view of the future of OS/400, and yes
I'm 50.  But I'm planning on working on this platform until I die (I had
three out of 4 grandparents die over age 90 [both grandfathers worked over
90]), or until about 20 minutes after my funeral.  Instructions left
indicate that my eulogy should be about the work management.   System
Values will live longer than me!

Al

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Glenn Ericson

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04/21/2003 10:54 PM

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Are  you referring to the demise announcement or the announce/availability
announce . The latter was  here at V4R4 time

At 03:35 PM 4/21/2003 -0500, Shannon O'Donnell wrote:
>The demise of the 700 series has been known for about 18 - 24 months now,
>give or take a couple of months. Seems like the 700 series announcement
was
>made around the same time V5R1 came out.  If I remember correctly,
Midrange
>Server (www.midrangeserver.com) wrote about this back in September or
>October of 2001.  Heck,  I even remember hearing about this while working
at
>Midrange Computing magazine before it closed, so I know that it's been
quite
>awhile that this information has been known.
>
>HTH
>
>
>Shannon O'Donnell
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 2:31 PM
>Subject: RE: Planning for an iSeries future
>
>
> > Was January 24 really the first date you could plan on this?  What
about
> > the web site which lists the life expectancy of hardware and software
for
> > the iSeries?  When was that updated with the planned demise of the 730?
> >
> > I've got to give IBM a lot of credit for this site.  They used to be a
lot
> > more closed mouth on hardware and software.
> >
> > All January 24 did was tout some new equipment, and packaging, that
would
> > (might) be cheaper and less expensive than the models they are
replacing.
> > You can probably count on IBM doing that on a somewhat annual basis.
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > Benjamin Franklin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
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> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > Your upgrade loss occurred with an announcement on January 24 of this
> > year.  Considering that this is a major incentive to upgrade and
> > considering that many companies budget by calendar year, this is really
> > short notice and you should not place too much blame on your company.
> > No, you're not the only one.  I'm aware of a few large companies who
are
> > really ripped at the short notice.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
> >
> > > On Behalf Of Graap, Ken
> > > Subject: RE: Planning for an iSeries future
> > >
> > > I was wondering .... As we talk about the situation with my AS/400
> > > Model
> > > 730/2C6F/2068/1510...
> > >
> > > Is there anyone else who is in the same situation I find our company
> > > in?
> > > That is, being on a 730 and facing the dilemma of losing the upgrade
> > > path to
> > > the 8xx boxes as of October 2003?
> > >
> > > Or is our company the only company that has allowed this to happen?
> > >
> > > Did everyone else upgrade to 8xx last year?
> > >
> > > Kenneth
> >
> >
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