If you are running bleeding edge, you might want a support contract, but 1.4 is hardly bleeding edge. I know we ran VM 5.1 software until 1999, which was out of support for at least 5 years. When we shut down our datacenter at P&H, we were running z/OS 1.2, which was out of support for 1 to 2 years. We weren't doing anything new, and I don't think I ever ran in to a problem where I even called IBM. You still can call IBM for support, I believe. If they have a fix, they will send it to you. They just won't develope new fixes.
Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Lands' End 608-935-4680 Dodgeville, Wisconsin ---- "Pommier wrote: > No, as another has pointed out, if you want to buy an extended support > contract to allow you to report and have IBM fix new problems without > the uncertainty of time-and-materials, it's gonna cost big bucks. > > We were actually running os/390 2.10 for over a year "unsupported" > without costing us anything beyond the normal monthly software bills. > > RexI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
