Re: FTP on V3R2

["Scott Swaim" <sswaim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I currently still have a B-10 and a B-20 up and running.  Both are at V3R2


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@klements.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: 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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