Timothy Sipples wrote: >September 30, 2021: General Availability >September 30, 2026: End of Service (Extended Service available for an >additional charge) >September 30, 2028: End of Extended Service
Ed Jaffe wrote: >When this was discussed at SHARE St. Louis after Mike Perera's >unfortunate on-stage gaff, Gary Puchkoff indicated a formal "sunset" >announcement for JES3 would begin a TEN YEAR countdown, which included >THREE years of extended support -- based on current IBM practice. > >Does this mean Gary was mistaken? Or...??? No, I've got a typo there in that speculation. *IF* past release schedules, lifecycles, and the Statement of Direction all hold -- what I would personally describe as a reasonable forecast but not a guarantee -- then that last date should be September 30, 2029. Thanks for catching that typo, Ed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
