RE: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion:Getting readyfor i5/OSV6R1

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From: rob@xxxxxxxxx

Thank you too. I don't know how many times I asked this list if the
people supporting old releases are actually making NEW sales on releases
no longer supported by IBM and never heard a response.

Rob, I'd bet that the majority of people making sales to shops that are on
back releases are the smaller utility companies that are helping companies
band-aid their existing machines.

I tend to agree that if you're off of maintenance you're unlikely to want to
spend much on software.

Here's an interesting anecdotal piece of information: my original CPYSPLFPDF
program was written to be shareware. Use it, send me fifty bucks. I never
received a single shareware payment. I know people were using it, too,
because V5R2 broke the free version, and I started getting calls from people
(at which point I told them to upgrade to the commercial version <grin>).

That's just the way iSeries shops are. Even people who are on maintenance
don't understand the idea of shareware; people on back releases are even
less likely to want to spend money.

Joe

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RE: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion:Getting readyfor i5/OSV6R1 - old versions