On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:15:02 -0500, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote:
>... >>... we can expect some >>future level of zOS to require the new ALS. ... > >.... >Sometimes, the new ALS means a renaming of the OS. But again, >that has always been a marketing decision, not a technical one. >... IBM doesn't need to make a new version, but that might be the best time to release a new version. A version upgrades often mean price increases. Those are a little more palatable / salable to upper management if the new version is the first in a line of releases that can make use off new hardware features. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
