Re: FTP on V3R2

I wasn't aware that the B10 couldn't run V3.  We had a B35 running V3 at
one point, so I assumed that all the B-series would upgrade to V3.
If they truly left B10 users high and dry, then YES I think IBM was
foolish in that decision.  

My original point, however, was that if you don't like IBM's decision to
do something like this, the correct response is "I won't upgrade".  In
other words, if you're not pleased with one of IBM's decisions, you
shouldn't encourage that decision by giving IBM money.

Naturally to people like you who don't mind these decisions, you should
continue to buy the upgrades.


On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 rob@dekko.com wrote:
> 
> And what is the highest release you would run on a B10?  I once argued
> against upgrading one special purpose 400 (E04) from V2R3 to V3 because of
> the huge disk eating size of the database cross reference files which first
> came out in V3.  QADBIFLD on 1 of our 400's is 1.8gb.  So take this highest
> version you would put on a B10, and if it is less than V3R2, then in your
> opinion did IBM shoot themselves in the foot long ago by dropping a whole
> class of machines which were serving their purpose?  And yes a B10 is a
> fair comparison to some of the larger CISC machines.  Just compare the
> performance of the latest RISC machines against these same CISC machines.
> 
> Rob Berendt
> 
> ==================
> Remember the Cole!
> 
> 
> What bothers me is not the dropping of support for old releases, but
> rather the dropping of support for CISC machines that are still working
> just fine and serving their purpose.
> 
> I think its unfortunate that V3R2 is the most recent release for CISC
> machines -- but since it is, it should not be dropped.
> 
> And thats the difference between dropping support for V1R2 and V3R2.
> When you drop V3R2 you drop an entire hardware platform.
> 
> 

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