On 7 Jul 2008 15:23:20 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson, Steve) wrote:
Running without support should not be that big of a
problem, if you have
no outstanding problems today. And if you are a stable
shop, with minor
applications being changed, you should be fine. However,
if there is
some hardware issue that needs/requires micro-code changes
(Ecs), and
then certain changes to IBM's I/O code and then an ISV's
code, you will
be behind the curve.
Not to mention interfacing new software (such as
software to let other platforms comminicate with the
mainframe).
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