RE: Why are you upgrading to IBM i 7.1 and not to 7.2?

Well that is a pretty stupid survey, because there are good reasons that people can't go to 7.2. Getting off of V5R4 and 6.1 is always the right thing to do. Getting to 7.1 is very good, getting to 7.2 is great. But there are valid reasons that people can't get to the latest release

What about my hardware is a Power5 520 and doesn't support 7.2?
What about my hardware is Power6, but I have an 0595 attached to it which doesn't support 7.2?
I am running WebSphere 7 and I can't upgrade yet.
I am running an older version of Domino that isn't supported on 7.2.
I use Java 1.4.2 or 5.0 and that isn't supported on 7.2
I am currently on V5R4, and upgrading in one step to 7.2 isn't supported.
I agree that all the good vendors should be supporting 7.2 by now, but what happens if a company has made too many changes to their ERP package and can't retrofit their mods to the new version?
I can go on with other valid reasons.

Don't beat people up because they aren't on 7.2. Help people who are on V5R4 get upgraded to 7.1, help people who are on 6.1 get to either 7.1 or 7.2.

Pete

Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com
http://www.iInTheCloud.com

Office: 203-744-7854



-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 7:03 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Why are you upgrading to IBM i 7.1 and not to 7.2?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RK6Q2PR


Rob Berendt
--
IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.