Thanks Lisette! Classification: Public Information
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2017 10:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Any IBM announcements on Cobol v4.2 EOS Note: If there is no EOS/EOM/EOL for that version of the product, then IBM has not determined a date. So you are probably good for a long time yet. I do not think they would do anything less than 1 year out when determining not to support a product - which is the first step to its life ending. For example. Cobol 4.1 Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Version 4.1.x PID 5655-S71 License type ICA Lifecycle dates, announcement letters and other information GA 14-Dec-2007, 207-339 EOM 28-Aug-2009, 209-244 EOS 30-Apr-2014, 913-010 Lifecycle policy Standard Last updated: 13-Jun-2013. There was 18 months from GA to EOM, And 7 years from GA to EOS This seems to me to mean it will take a while for the product, once a date is announced, to actually go through the process. Then there are the customers of IBM, once the date is announced, that will complain, and IBM may move it out again. I would not be too concerned that there is no date at this point. If your conversion takes longer than 2 years, you may have some issue. If it is that much of an issue, you could open an SR to IBM and get the answer, if they have one. I am not sure the list will have internal information from IBM. And IBM probably cannot discuss this issue on an open list. ;-D Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2017 7:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Any IBM announcements on Cobol v4.2 EOS > > Going to > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ibm.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=4VfW4Y7UDKzr0jHM1Tk29w&r=qHPaw2L0yLxvGwbmiYgAA36weh33S1tOPU9koM7O4GQ&m=XGUWtQuAWOtVv47dbrgRf3EPwhGs4remCL-x5toBVuE&s=VrEkUyLcxYbnYelnzaKO8H_AInJ-IYXBg0qotTCes-M&e= > I used the search box with the words > > COBOL ROADMAP or COBOL LIFECYCLE > > This brought me to this Webpage > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www-2D&d=DwIFaQ&c > =4VfW4Y7UDKzr0jHM1Tk29w&r=qHPaw2L0yLxvGwbmiYgAA36weh33S1tOPU9koM7O4GQ& > m=XGUWtQuAWOtVv47dbrgRf3EPwhGs4remCL-x5toBVuE&s=rSpl2jWJGw_aboCaQgdaz1 > B5PQyIZhpO8MujRJwznpM&e= > 01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?from=spf&synkey > =B98438 > 5H82239E03 > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Usher, Darrold > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2017 5:06 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Any IBM announcements on Cobol v4.2 EOS > > > > Any IBM announcements on End of Support for Enterprise Cobol for z/OS v4.2? > > We have Cobol v6.1 installed and our application teams are testing, > > but it would be nice to know how the 4.2 EOS date. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
