Re: OS Upgrading Was: V7R1 is not supported anymore (at least for SSL ciphers)

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

This has nothing to do with other vendors and their maintenance.

It has to do with keeping up to date a supported OS.  Especially with the
SSL changes have been fast and furious in the last few years because of
security exploits and PCI/et al standards that are a requirement for most.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why are the OS upgrades expensive?
> I pay maintenance and IBM doesn't charge me a dime to upgrade.
> Granted I can't load 7.3 on a B10 but, then again, I can't load Windows 10
> on a dual diskette PC.
> Vendor issues?  Most of that is because people stopped paying maintenance
> to that vendor.  Tough luck for the "customers" I say.  Sure some vendors
> charge a small paperwork fee for the smallest of details.  Others do have
> a bit of insanity on their charges for changing serial numbers and stuff.
>
>
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