Re: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That was none other than Dr. Colin Parris, GM of Power Systems that 
announced that at the COMMON Opening Session.  I confirmed with another 
senior exec that it was intentional to say V7R2 due out in 2014.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 4/15/2013 10:35 AM, Pete Massiello - ML wrote:
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> I don't know why it isn't under futures, it should be.  But the planning statement a while back, said the release after 7.1 wouldn't support Power5.
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> I heard an IBMer refer publicly about iNext being called 7.2, which I had known about for a while as 7.2, but couldn't call it anything but iNext.  Once an IBMer says it publicly, then it is public knowledge.
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> 	Pete
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> Ok, I see that now at
> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v7r1/planstmts.html
> <snip>
> IBM i support for POWER5, December 2010
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> IBM plans for IBM i 7.1 to be the final release to be supported on POWER5 systems 9405-520, 9406-520, 525, 550, 570, 595, and 9407-515.
> </snip>
> Why that is at 7.1 and not at "future" confuses me.  They're afraid to put some real future at future?
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> From:   rob@xxxxxxxxx
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> Date:   04/15/2013 07:37 AM
> Subject:        RE: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A
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> Pete,
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> Are they publishing what 7.2 won't run on yet?  I've yet to see anything
> "future" about "future" at
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/futurehdwr.html
>
> There, they still have references to 7.1 as "the release following i 6.1"
>
> <snip>
> IBM i Support of Selected System i and Power Models, September 2007
> (updated June 2008, updated January 2009, updated June 2009)
>
> IBM plans for IBM i 6.1 (formerly i5/OS V6R1) to be the final release
> supported on iSeries models 800, 810, 825, 870, and 890. The release
> following i 6.1 is planned to be supported on System i POWER5 models 515,
> 520, 525, 550, 570, 595, on System i POWER6 model 570, POWER6 Power 520,
> 550, 560, 570, 595, and on BladeCenter JS12, JS22, JS23 and JS43.
> </snip>
>
> I'm starting to really hammer on IBM on putting some future into future.
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>
> Rob Berendt