RE: i5/OS V1R1M0

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not use hex nomenclature....?  V5RAMC ?

Are there that many vendors (Including IBM) that actually do the decimal
conversions in DECIMAL?  If so, they may want to migrate that over time to
character...

Off to the rat race..

Don in DC



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> I disagree.  Every AS/400 person knows that version 9 is the day that we
> die.  More releases of Version 5 in V5R9M0!
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> Al
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> A renaming so that people don't think it's getting long in the tooth.
> V5R3 is old, can't wait for V6R1.
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> As far as this breaking software it sounds like some people didn't learn
> from Y2K.
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> Doug Hart
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> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Because it's simply a renaming.  There is a lot of software that will
> > break if release (n+1) is not greater in the collating sequence than
> > release (n).
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> > Al - in San Antonio
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> > Al Barsa, Jr.
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> > OK, so now we have a "new" OS replacing OS/400 V5R2 called i5/OS.
> > Why is it being called V5R3?  Shouldn't be called i5/OS V1R1M0?
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