Re: V3R2 life cycle

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Hank and Pete,

In a message dated 97-07-31 19:32:03 EDT, you write:

>     As the last CISC release, it will be supported until after the year
>   2000.  While V3R7, its sister release, will not be supported that long.
>   -- ???

IBM's normal "drop dead" date on a release is usually May two years
afterward.  I was suprised at the extended October 2K mention for V3R2.

I'm telling you CISC folks, I feel for you.  You DO deserve support, you DO
deserve enhancements, you DO command a LOT of IBM revenue, but RISC is the
direction for now.  Like I've said before, do YOU want to wait as long
(almost 10 years) as the S/36 people did for new support from IBM just
because you know you're right?  The sad thing is that 36'ers can get Y2K
compliant hardware and OS, but that doesn't fix their applications, does it?

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"Great moments in science:  Einstein discovers that time actually IS money."
-- Gary Larson, "Far Side" caption.
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