Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
Bruce Black writes: I am told that you can sign a contract to provide 1.4 service after the EOS date, but the price may be steep There is an extra cost for extended support. I have no idea what IBM charges for z/OS extended support, but one thing I can say for sure is that it never gets cheaper

Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-05 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks Tim and all, How about saying hello to my son also working in Tokyo? --- Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruce Black writes: I am told that you can sign a contract to provide 1.4 service after the EOS date, but the price may be steep There is an extra cost for extended

IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-04 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello, A couple of quick questions regarding the end of support of z/OS 1.4 and sending ETR's out to IBMLink. We have a contract with IBMLink to send out ETR's. They have advised me that I can't get any further support for 1.4 when 1.4 goes off of support...I know that. Does support end for

Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-04 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 12:19 -0800, Howard Rifkind wrote: Does support end for 1.4 on 2/1/2007 or 2/28/2007? According to http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/zos_eos_dates.html neither. March 31. Would anyone know if IBMLink will answer and ETR if it isn't

Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-04 Thread Bob Shannon
Does support end for 1.4 on 2/1/2007 or 2/28/2007? AFAIK, 1.4 and 1.5 both go off support 3/31/2007. You will still be able to pull maintenance, but will not be able to open problems. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For

Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-04 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4 snip Would anyone know if IBMLink will answer and ETR if it isn't version

Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-04 Thread Bruce Black
Does support end for 1.4 on 2/1/2007 or 2/28/2007? Actually it is March 31, 2007, at least in the US Would anyone know if IBMLink will answer and ETR if it isn't version/release dependent? What it means is that new fixes (PTFs) will not be issued for problems discovered after z/OS 1.4 goes

Re: IBMLink and EOS for z/OS 1.4

2006-12-04 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Does support end for 1.4 on 2/1/2007 or 2/28/2007? 2007/03/31 When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO