RE: Demise of V3R2 & V3R7 Support

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree.

For V3R2, they're telling you they will support it past Jan 1,2000 and
that if any Year 2000 'quirks' are discovered, that they WILL be
responding with PTF's and fixes for all the CISC machines - at least
until the end of May 2000.  That means they are standing behind their
claim that V3R2 IS Year 2000 compliant.
If anything, that should be giving you a warm fuzzy feeling.  They could
have announced V3R2 support terminates on December 31, 1999.  :-)

As for V3R7 - by June 1999 IBM will probably be up to V4R4 at least, so
it would be impractical to expect them to still support a RISC release
that's 4 levels behind.

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   bvining@vnet.IBM.COM [SMTP:bvining@vnet.IBM.COM]
        Sent:   Monday, February 16, 1998 10:33 AM
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        Demise of V3R2 & V3R7 Support

        But the previous date for withdrawal of service was October 31
1998
        (in the V3R2 original announcement letter 296-184 dated June 4
1996).
        I see this as extending the support cycle 17 months for V3R2,
and to
        be of distinct value to V3R2 users.

        Bruce Vining

        >
        >Is it  just me or is this rather $hort cycled support period
and  very
        >untimely
        >
        >>>Monday Morning AS/400 Update - February 16, 1998
        >
        >V3R2/V3R7 Service Termination. IBM put everyone on notice
        >that effective May 31, 2000, it will end program services
        >for OS/400 V3R2 and most V3R2 licensed programs. This means
        >that IBM will cease all product defect resolution services.
        >Clearly, the company is encouraging everyone to upgrade to
        >RISC systems running Version 4 or above by that date. As for
        >V3R7, IBM is ending program services on June 30, 1999. If
        >you're running V3R7, I'd advise you to move to V4 by that
        >date. For more details, see Announcement Letter #298-030.<<
        >
        >Oh well just  another thing to do before 2000.
        >
        >CISC  & V3  are to  die  by the turn of the Century <<?>>

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