lack of usable new OS features (was RE: Since when is adding DASD sodifficult?)

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Konrad,

I can't help but go off on a tangent.

What would it take for you to believe that a new OS feature is 'usable'?
I've found stuff in every release that has excited me.  The boss almost
gave me a 400.  I was hesitant to accept it because V5R1 is the last
release that will ever run on that machine.  I would hate to be stuck.

Rob Berendt
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin




Konrad Underkofler <kdunderk@hoshizaki.com>
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06/06/2002 03:31 PM
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Andy,

What is IBM's support policy on expired software? I would worry
that the first answer provided in the event of a failure caused
by missing some obscure pre-req would be:

1) Hope you have a good backup
2) We don't support 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 etc anymore

We let our software support and software subsription expire
over a year ago since we were not comfortable with IBM's upgrade
frequency, lack of usable new OS features and a desire not to pay
for bug resolution in software we did not use.

Regards

Konrad

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