Re: Death of RPG38 and RPG36 -and- more! -- RPG400-L


Yup...and I expect that's a common story...especially in the midwest...

Don in DC

At 02:40 PM 7/12/2006 -0400, you wrote:

I have several customers with no IT staff that would not know the answer
if IBM called, and would "presume" their code is current. All were offered
modernization projects, especially around Y2k. All said " if it's not
broke....".
Also working with a small software co - they have approx 8 Advanced 36
or early 170's running s36ee. Their annual IT budget is ZERO (maybe
hdw maintenance...), but have consistently purchased new hardware every
6 to 9 years (from IBM). Every year a few more upgrade, and these are the
stragglers. There is a native version of their pkg for 5 years so that's not
the
problem. When it's too slow, too full, or too worn out - they upgrade.
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Death of RPG38 and RPG36 -and- more!


>
> 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IBM has withdrawn the planning statement about withdrawing support for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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