RE: This is interesting (OS support)

VERY interesting!!  Shows in black-and-white what a lotta have complained
about.  The window for OS longevity has shrunk from 3 years to 2 years over
the past decade.  That's where market pressures hurts the iSeries, but
whatyagonnaDO if you're IBM...?

"The support extension is available via SW Maintenance Agreement or Support
Line. The date shown is the minimum date of the support extension. The
actual end of support date will be announced with twelve months notice."

I hadn't ever before heard where (probably by paying through the nose...;-)
support COULD be extended beyond "end of program support".  Apparently been
available for a while.  Also, sure SEEMS like we used-ta get more than 12
months notice of non-support too, bmnrc (may not recall correctly).  Also
seems like IBM is counting chickens before the next OS is hatched, as you
said, Mike.


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| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wills, Mike N. (TC)

| Check this out
| http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/support/planning/supt
| schedule.h
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