Re: The OV/400 end

At 12:55 PM 1/5/01 -0600, you wrote:

I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'm wrong.  Sorry about that Chief.

V4R5 is the end of the road.  IBM initially said V4R4.  I just got confused.

Sorry,

Al

>Al, you're confusing me.  You say that IBM extended the life of OV to one
>release after V4R5.  Then in your last sentence you say that support for
>the product goes away 5/31/01.  That's the date I've heard but that would
>mean that V5R1 or whatever they are calling it this week will be GA on
>5/31/01.  Am I just being stupid?  That's happened before.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
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>"Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>@midrange.com on 01/05/2001 12:14:35 PM
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>At 11:05 AM 1/5/01 -0500, you wrote:
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>IBM initially announced that OV support would end with V4R5, and the
>customers went into an uproar, so IBM extended the life of OV to the
>release after (generally accepted by the industry to be V5R1, but if I had
>any specific knowledge of this I would not be able to say).  The actual
>support for the product goes away 5/31/01.
>
>Al
>
>
> >Pat Barber wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to hear exactly happens with OV/400. I understand
> > > that support ends, but does this also mean that it WILL NOT
> > > run on V4R5 or is it like many other older products that are
> > > no longer sold but still run just fine. I have seen and heard
> > > many comments on OV/400 but just because support ends, it
> > > hardly means it will not work.
> >
> >I just got a 270 at V4R5 and was able to order Officevision for it.
> >
> >--
> >-Jeff
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Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC.    
400 > 390

Phone:          914-251-1234
Fax:            914-251-9406
http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com

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