RE: Two good articles to read -- MIDRANGE-L

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I dunno. A client of mine installed a new box with 7.1 last month.

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DrFranken
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 8:55 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Two good articles to read

I do not believe IBM is "Marketing" i 7.1 any longer. :-)

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/1/2017 9:50 AM, Justin Taylor wrote:

I just finished the IT Jungle article, and it seems Allison Butterill and

Steve Will disagree on OS support.

"At any given point in time, IBM i typically supports three major

releases."

vs
"If you look at our IBM i history, we typically do not have three releases

that are available in marketing and support at the same time. We currently
have three. Doesn't that tell you something?"

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 8:33 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Two good articles to read

Ref 7.1, " At any given point in time, IBM i typically supports three

major releases."

Per Steve Will

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/You-and-i/January-2017/IBM-i-Future-%E2%8
0%93-2017-Update/

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