Re: IBM i Support till 2026

["Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc." <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Probably the same number that call an Inspiron a PC.

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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From: Trevor Perry 
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Date: 12/06/2012 04:10PM
Subject: Re: IBM i Support till 2026

I wonder how many programmers will still be calling it AS/400 in 2026..

On 12/6/12 11:45 AM, "Pete Massiello - ML" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I didn't see anything on midrange-L, but I thought I would send out a
> note to everyone so that people are aware of this in the community.
>
> Last week during my trip to IBM Rochester, I sent a tweet (my Twitter ID
> is petem59) out on twitter after Steve Will (Chief Architect IBM i)
> posted a chart about 3 more releases of IBM I , with support reaching out
> to about 2026.  That caused quite a stir on Twitter, and all the
> magazines picked up on it as well.  I thought it would be good to post
> here on M-L, so that everyone sees that IBM has 3 more releases currently
> planned for IBM i (they don't plan further than that, so don't read
> anything negative into that), and that they are currently working on IBM
> i Next, and IBM i Next +1, in the lab as we speak.  This plus all the
> work they are doing with the next few technology refreshes to continue to
> bring new features and functionality to the product.  There are great
> things coming on the horizon, sorry I can only discuss what isn't on my
> NDAs.  Of course, as Steve said the charts were approximations, but
> really at 14 years out, even if they are off by 1 or 2 years off in
> either direction, that is great news for IBM i customers.
>
> In addition, I am currently part of the beta team on IBM Navigator for i,
> and If you are currently using this product, you will want to jump on the
> next HTTP group PTF that comes out around December 15, because this new
> version is amazing.  Really great UI improvements.
>
> I think it is pretty exciting news, and certainly  dispels the myth that
> the IBM i is going away.
>
>                Pete
>
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