I didn't reference a statement of direction because the post I was replying to did not ask for a statement of direction. While this link does not specifically address z/OS V2R3 it does allude to future big iron operating systems.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS216-392#othwwal-1 Until IBM announces a new statement of direction for z/OS and any replacement, this one is still valid for the current two year release cycle. http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS212-086/ENUS212-086.PDF Dan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of van der Grijn, Bart (B) Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: And the future is... That is very old, and I suspect it refers to the System Automation for z/OS version, not the z/OS version. Charles mentioned DB2 12 and continuous delivery. The following discusses this specifically for z/OS: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5340.pdf, although the example in figure 2 does suggest z/OS 2.3 at some time. Bart -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Blake, Daniel J [CTR] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: And the future is... Check out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1OA12282 Make sure you scroll down to Users Affected section. Dan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Gleann Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 8:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: And the future is... I have a little birdy tweeting in my ear to the effect that "z/OS 2.2 is going to be the last version of z/OS". Has anyone else heard anything along those lines? Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
