First, let me say that I have NO inside knowledge. While it doesn't directly answer the question, the official IBM page for "IBM Z mainframe hardware product marketing and service life cycle history since 1994." can be found at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-mainframe-life-cycle-history Pages 3 and 4 are pretty good (3 is pretty, 4 is good)
So, if the averages hold (I have NO inside knowledge about marketing), HW WDFM would be Oct 2023. Again, let me be 100% clear: I have NO inside knowledge. This is just based on an official IBM publication. Did I mention that I have NO inside knowledge, only an educated guess? As for z17, such a beast does not exist, but I hear that the z16 is quite excellent. 😊 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tommy Tsui Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 2:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Z15 EOM Hi all Anyone know when ibm will issue the withdrawal letter for z15. Anyone planning to upgrade z17? It seems a bit late due to COVID-19? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
