RE: 9406 515 vs 8203 E4A

I don't know why it isn't under futures, it should be. But the planning statement a while back, said the release after 7.1 wouldn't support Power5.

I heard an IBMer refer publicly about iNext being called 7.2, which I had known about for a while as 7.2, but couldn't call it anything but iNext. Once an IBMer says it publicly, then it is public knowledge.

Pete

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Ok, I see that now at
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v7r1/planstmts.html
<snip>
IBM i support for POWER5, December 2010

IBM plans for IBM i 7.1 to be the final release to be supported on POWER5 systems 9405-520, 9406-520, 525, 550, 570, 595, and 9407-515.
</snip>
Why that is at 7.1 and not at "future" confuses me. They're afraid to put some real future at future?


Rob Berendt
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Pete,

Are they publishing what 7.2 won't run on yet? I've yet to see anything
"future" about "future" at
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/futurehdwr.html

There, they still have references to 7.1 as "the release following i 6.1"

<snip>
IBM i Support of Selected System i and Power Models, September 2007
(updated June 2008, updated January 2009, updated June 2009)

IBM plans for IBM i 6.1 (formerly i5/OS V6R1) to be the final release
supported on iSeries models 800, 810, 825, 870, and 890. The release
following i 6.1 is planned to be supported on System i POWER5 models 515,
520, 525, 550, 570, 595, on System i POWER6 model 570, POWER6 Power 520,
550, 560, 570, 595, and on BladeCenter JS12, JS22, JS23 and JS43.
</snip>

I'm starting to really hammer on IBM on putting some future into future.


Rob Berendt