Re: End of support for IBM i 6.1 is 9/30/2015

[Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>]

A survey?

08
AND
12: Myopic management

Sent from my Moto G phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On Aug 31, 2015 10:16, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> values days('2015-09-30') - days(current date)
>
> Today marks 30 days until end of support for IBM i 6.1
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi
>
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/software/i5osschedule.html
>
> Hopefully you have already upgraded before now.  If not, why not?
> 01 - My hardware does not support past 6.1
> 02 - My vendor will not certify their software to run on anything newer
> than 6 years old.
> 03 - We always run on x-2 hoping the bugs have been worked out.
> 04 - Too busy
> 05 - We run 24x7x365.  We haven't even done a full system save in a
> decade.
> 06 - I've never put on a PTF so why do I care about support?
> 07 - If it ain't broke, why fix it?
> 08 - We dropped support for both IBM i and vendor software to save money
> and it costs too much to catch back up.
> 09 - This machine will be replaced by non IBM i software and hardware.
> 10 - Not missing my Saturday morning cartoons for anything.
> 11 - Retiring soon, like I give a rip.
> 12 - Other (explain)
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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