RE: IBM announces end of service dates (nomore maintenance)forvarious Power 6 and Power 7 platforms.

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, extended support for 7.1 will be costly, but offered. He's more
concerned about parts availability for his 550's which go EOS on 12/31/18.

You could have heard a pin drop when I told him that's the same date as my
EOS. 45 years will be more than enough.

  :-)

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan
Harris
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:02 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM announces end of service dates (nomore
maintenance)forvarious Power 6 and Power 7 platforms.

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> <snip>
> His 2018 budget already includes paying for extended support for V7R1
> after next April
> </snip>
> Do you see that even being offered?  I know they traditionally have, but,
> if you've noticed extended support for V5R4 and 6.1 are both approaching
> EOL.  Perhaps they're getting tired of that offering?

I'm calling FUD here.The conversations I have had with IBM they have stated
it will be offered.