For programmers, the new cool things are indeed a good reason to upgrade, but for the C level people, if the current system is working without any problems and the needs of the business do not require anything beyond what the current system provides, there is no incentive to them to upgrade just for its own sake.
Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst
IBM -e(logo) server Certified Systems Exper - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2
IBM Certified Specialist- e(logo) server i5Series Technical Solutions Designer V5R3
IBM Certified Specialist- e(logo)server i5Series Technical Solutions Implementer V5R3
----- Original Message ----
From: Pete Massiello <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:57:31 AM
Subject: RE: Staying current on releases? (was: Are there any System i sites on the Internet that offer accounts?)
Lukas,
I agree that most people are on either V5R3 or V5R4. I know almost
all my customers are on V5R4, and the ones that aren't at V5R4, is due to
unique reasons. For example there are other products they are running that
are preventing them from going to V5R4.
Although, when I do find new customers, many times they are
contacting me to do a release upgrades for them. Just 2 weekends ago, we
upgraded someone from V5R1 to V5R3, and then to V5R4.
For some people, the only reason that they upgrade their OS, is due
to requirements by a new box which only supports a minimum release. With
V6R1, that will change. There are so many cool things inside this release,
people are going to want to go to this release.
JMHO
Pete Massiello
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:47 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Staying current on releases? (was: Are there any System i sites on
the Internet that offer accounts?)
On Jan 22, 2008 2:39 PM, Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
accounts are on a V5R2 system, but that has worked well enough for me
since I've been using it for writing articles and I don't want to
accidentally use a feature that isn't available to most people. You can
Are there many people that run something below V5R3? V5R3 is currently
the lowest release supported.
Do you really think that the people running unsupported i5/OS versions
are the majority of System i users?
I know a few customers that are not current on their OS, but that has
usually political reasons. And they're very few.
midrange.com
