"Tom Marchant" <m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<listserv%200906261640003415.0...@bama.ua.edu>... > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:20:50 -0500, Ward, Mike S wrote: > > >Hello all, I have a question. Does anyone have a list, or white paper, > >or even scratch paper of what would be the downside of not upgrading > >from z/os 1.7 to the current release. Aside from being unsupported that > >is. Also you can purchase support for any release of z/os, right? Or am > >I wrong in thinking that? > > Not "any release," I don't think, at least not officially. IBM has > announced special support beyond the normal, at a price, for certain > releases. Note that this does not alter the migration and coexistence > considerations. > > If you pay enough, you may be able to get support for other releases, but I > would expect the cost to increase as the software gets older. > > One down side is that you won't be able to run new hardware. For example, > you need at least z/OS 1.10 to support Extended Address Volumes. > > -- > Tom Marchant
EAV is a feature of the hardware. You will be able to run the hardware, only without using the newest features. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
