Re: Planning for an iSeries future

["Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The demise of the 700 series has been known for about 18 - 24 months now,
give or take a couple of months. Seems like the 700 series announcement was
made around the same time V5R1 came out.  If I remember correctly, Midrange
Server (www.midrangeserver.com) wrote about this back in September or
October of 2001.  Heck,  I even remember hearing about this while working at
Midrange Computing magazine before it closed, so I know that it's been quite
awhile that this information has been known.

HTH


Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 2:31 PM
Subject: RE: Planning for an iSeries future


> Was January 24 really the first date you could plan on this?  What about
> the web site which lists the life expectancy of hardware and software for
> the iSeries?  When was that updated with the planned demise of the 730?
>
> I've got to give IBM a lot of credit for this site.  They used to be a lot
> more closed mouth on hardware and software.
>
> All January 24 did was tout some new equipment, and packaging, that would
> (might) be cheaper and less expensive than the models they are replacing.
> You can probably count on IBM doing that on a somewhat annual basis.
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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> "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Ken,
>
> Your upgrade loss occurred with an announcement on January 24 of this
> year.  Considering that this is a major incentive to upgrade and
> considering that many companies budget by calendar year, this is really
> short notice and you should not place too much blame on your company.
> No, you're not the only one.  I'm aware of a few large companies who are
> really ripped at the short notice.
>
> Regards,
> Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
>
> > On Behalf Of Graap, Ken
> > Subject: RE: Planning for an iSeries future
> >
> > I was wondering .... As we talk about the situation with my AS/400
> > Model
> > 730/2C6F/2068/1510...
> >
> > Is there anyone else who is in the same situation I find our company
> > in?
> > That is, being on a 730 and facing the dilemma of losing the upgrade
> > path to
> > the 8xx boxes as of October 2003?
> >
> > Or is our company the only company that has allowed this to happen?
> >
> > Did everyone else upgrade to 8xx last year?
> >
> > Kenneth
>
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