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Re: Software vendors and their antiquated systems... (rant on)

On 8/30/21 9:06 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
IBM has announced they will be putting out new releases of IBM i
every 3 years. So spring of 2022 is likely for the new release. If
you are a vendor there's a couple of things you need to be doing: One
- Get involved with IBM Early Programs. Good luck finding a working
link on IBM's website for Early Programs for IBM i.

In my former life, I had contacts at IBM who could direct me to the appropriate site and/or person to get time on a system to test against the latest & greatest.

Luckily we never encountered a backwards compatibility issue that required code changes.

david

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