[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a long shot. I am looking for a document from IBM z/Series
Software explaining there procedure for announcing/delivering new releases
of z/OS.
After spending a couple of hours looking for it (GOOGLE, and IBM....com),
I can't find it. Someone in management indicated they read the document
once and was sure it existed........ Needle in a Haystack comes to mind.
Not 100% sure what you're looking for, but with this reference
fit the bill?
1.3 Annual release cycle
IBM intends to deliver z/OS and z/OS.e releases on an annual
basis. The annual release cycle started in September 2004 with
the general availability of z/OS V1R6 and z/OS.e V1R6. Before
V1R6, a new release was delivered every six months.
The change from a six-month to a 12-month release cycle was
announced in August 2002 and was in response to customer feedback
that the six-month release cycle was too short and that it
complicated customer migration plans. Annual releases, in
addition to benefiting customers, allow IBM to perform more
integration testing for z/OS, z/OS.e, and related IBM middleware.
They also enable IBM to align the coexistence, migration, and
fallback policy with the service policy. (See "Which releases are
supported for coexistence, fallback, and migration?" in topic 1.6.3.)
New z/OS and z/OS.e functions continue to be delivered between
releases through the normal maintenance stream or as Web
deliverables. In addition, significant new functions may be
delivered between releases as features of the product. For a
summary of Web deliverables and between-release features through
September 2006, see Table 3.
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More at:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/E0Z2B118/1.3?SHELF=EZ2ZO10H&DT=20060712172902
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John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
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