Re: Death of RPG38 and RPG36 -and- more!

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

it might also be interesting to see how many shopped didn't/don't know 
they're running this old stuff.

Don in DC

At 01:05 PM 7/12/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> like officevision, which ibm extended at least once, but ibm has certainly
> put the 1st nail in the coffin....at let shops know what's coming. I
> imagine,
> till some shops woke up and checked, IBM had no real idea how many
> still run the old stuff.
> jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Morris" <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Death of RPG38 and RPG36 -and- more!
>
>
> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > ...
> > Quoting from the article:
> > "First up, IBM says that WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries V5R4
> > will be the last release to ship with RPG II and COBOL compilers that are
> > compatible with the System/36 and RPG III and COBOL compilers that are
> > compatible with the System/38. ...
>
> IBM has withdrawn the planning statement about withdrawing support for
> the 36- and 38-compatible RPG and COBOL compilers.  If I recall this
> thread correctly, this is probably good news for some and bad news for
> others on this list :)
>
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/iseries/planning/upgrade/v5r4 
> /planstmts.html
>
>    RPG and COBOL System/36T and System/38T compatible compilers, July
> 2006
>
>    IBM plans to continue to ship and support the following S/36 and S/38
> compiler
>    options as part of WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries in the
> release after
>    V5R4. IBM is withdrawing the previous planning statement that said
> V5R4 will
>    be the final release to include these compilers in the Software
> Maintenance or
>    Software Subscription contract.
>       5722-WDS Option 32 - System/36 Compatible RPG II
>       5722-WDS Option 33 - System/38 Compatible RPG III
>       5722-WDS Option 42 - System/36 Compatible COBOL
>       5722-WDS Option 43 - System/38 Compatible COBOL
>
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