Kopischke, David G. wrote:
Infrequent Greetings,
I'm trying to get moving on a z/OS upgrade. Using IBM's original
stated direction of supporting four z/OS releases concurrently, I
planned to upgrade to z/OS 1.6 this spring.
I just reviewed the z/OS withdrawal dates and 1.6 is proposed
to be withdrawn September 2007. This is a year earlier than I had
planned and a year earlier that what I thought was IBM's stated
direction. It's currently listed as a "proposed date", so it might
extend, but I need a more solid date in order to plan properly.
<snip>
It's our policy to support releases for three years, which means
we intend to withdraw R6 from service in September 2007. This
has not been announced yet, so it is not official; nonetheless,
it's the way I'd bet.
The policy can be found in z/OS Planning for Installation, topic
1.8.1, "Service policy," which you can read at:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/E0Z2B117/1.8.1?SHELF=EZ2ZO10f&DT=20050930123704#HDRSERVSTR
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
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