RE: V5R1

For us, there is no compelling "business" reason to remain on V4R5 OR move
to V5R1.
I am basically asking if the OS is stable enough to move to.  The new
machine comes configured with V5R1 and I'll get through the negotiations a
lot quicker if I can leave it the way it is (I'm not in the U.S.).

I'm basically looking for anything that dramatically changes in V5R1 or any
pitfalls that anyone on this list has actually run into with V5R1 (the only
thing I've seen are many PTF's). They are very hard to get here (iPTF
doesn't work).

Thanks in advance,

Jose Amable Rodriguez
Dominican Knits, S.A. (GrupoM)
(809) 241 - 7171 x 3253
jarodriguez@grupom.com.do



-----Original Message-----
From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:43 PM
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: V5R1


Jose,

I'd actually ask the reverse question. WHY do you want to move up? I'd never
look to load anything onto a production machine until there is a compelling
business reason to do so. If you're running fine on V4R5, stay there. If you
NEED the enhancements of V5R1 (Linux, LPAR on single processor, etc.) then
you need to upgrade, but until then...

-Walden

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