Well sure. It's need to know. If the next mainframe is going to have 96-bit word support and a Load Inverted instruction, this is information that may be of benefit to an ISV and, given a couple of months' lead time, allow them to offer Day One support.
But whether it is going to be called the z1396 or the 360-2014 hardly matters. Well, I suppose an ISV might need a week's lead time to draft a press release and/or prepare a Web page announcing the Day One support, but that's about it. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 6:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 On 25 April 2014 14:41, Chase, John <[email protected]> wrote: > And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit > disclosing even that fact publicly. I've seen lots of NDA technical material over the years, but in my experience IBM has *never* disclosed any branding info to ISVs before announcement. The NDAs refer to zNEXT right to the end. Of course I'm a technical guy, and there may well be other ISV marketing people who see other stuff, but marketing is IBM's core, and not something I imagine they disclose to much of anyone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
