At every conference that I speak at, I always ask the number of people on
various releases. At both COMMON in MSP and in COMMON Europe in Milan this
year, more than 50% the people said they were on 6.1 or 7.1 in my sessions.
That is on the upswing which I think is a good thing. There is a lot of FUD
in the market place about going to 6.1 or 7.1, and if you plan your upgrade,
follow ALL the steps, insure you followed all the steps, your upgrade should
be very very smooth.
Pete
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Carey
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 12:43 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: V5R4 End of Marketing
I have no special knowledge, but I'd bet in the fall IBM announces end
of support of V5R4 for fall 2012.
I get the feeling IBM is weighing the decision based on the number of
users who could not move to V6R1, which seemed to usually be due to
vendor software issues.
I think the best thing they could do is to announce end of support and
get the last stragglers moving.
Jeff Carey, MSIT, MBA
Senior Technical Support Specialist
SXC Health Solutions, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:53 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: V5R4 End of Marketing
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS210-440/ENUS210-440.PD
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Rob Berendt
midrange.com
