RE: API's & Compiling to Prev Release

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Software maintenance?  Let's see, the ones who are on V4 and have started it
do.  Those on V3 do not.  Now, if some people on V4 want to pay a premium so
that they are supported for compiling back to V3R2, that's fine, but I have
no interest in that and would rather not contribute to it.  Since IBM
doesn't break it up that way, I imagine that it IS costing my employer
something to support the current capability, so from a selfish point of view
I should probably advocate dumping it sooner, rather than later.  I guess I
won't complain, though, unless someone comes up with figures that show that
the amount we're contributing for this function is substantial.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 3:30 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: API's & Compiling to Prev Release


From: Shaw, David <dshaw@spartan.com>
> As for the money part, perhaps the arguments are
> tired and old, but in the end support costs money - is it arrogance or
> economics when IBM says they won't support an old release any more?

don't people PAY for maintenance?



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