Re: running BPCS 4.0.05 CD & upgrading OP SYS from V5R1

["Bill" <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx>]

Genyphyr Novak wrote:
> Newly released (future) System i operating system releases are not
> officially supported by Infor R&D until testing is done internally at
> Infor, and Infor announces our intention to support our software
> versions on the new operating system.

Genyphyr,

The mention of future operating system releases brings up an interesting 
point:  Is it safe to assume that "everyone" will need to be on Software 
support if they wish to go to V6 of OS/400?

For those of you that haven't heard, upgrading to V6 will be very similar 
to the transition from CISC to RISC hardware that required a program's 
observable information in order to convert the object to the new 
architecture.

V6 is changing some of it's addressing internals and will require this same 
information.  Obviously, the security components of the various BPCS 
releases do not have this information and will require new objects in order 
to function on a V6 machine.

Bill