Because 1.14 would not sit well with the Cantonese...

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> On Behalf Of Nims,Alva John (Al)
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 10:40 AM
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> Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Beyond the EC12
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> If the superstition about "13" was considered, why did they come out with
> z/OS 1.13?  :)
> 
> Al Nims
> Systems Admin/Programmer 3
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> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:48 AM
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> Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12
> 
> On 4/25/2014 8:09 AM, Klein, Kenneth E wrote:
> > Has anyone heard any good rumors about what will be coming out next
> year as the latest and greatest model?
> > z296?
> > Ec14?
> 
> You bring up an interest point to contemplate as IBM eventually considers
> official names for its 13th-generation machine (if and when such a thing is
> produced).
> 
> Is there still enough superstition about the number '13' that they will avoid
> using it and come up with something completely different? Or will they stick
> with EC13/BC13?
> 
> For the record, I consider it unlikely that they will leap ahead to '14'
> and be out-of-sync forever more.
> 
> I also believe the chances close to 'nil' that they will reduce from 120 
> cores on
> EC12 back down to 96 for the next generation, making any name ending in
> '96' not worthy of consideration.
> 
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> Edward E Jaffe
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