From: pSeries AIX Geek (aixgeek@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Sun Jun 29 2003 - 13:43:27 EDT
I don't think it was intended to that usurious -- I
remember IBM saying that 5.1 was designed to be a
transitional OS -- to get people to AIX 5 and that
really, they wanted people to AIX 5.2.
I used to work for a business partner/software
developer and that's what the IBM repeatedly told us
and our clients. In fact, we told our clients that
they should go to AIX 5.1 as soon as possible (when it
was released) with the understanding that they should
plan to migrate to AIX 5.2 as soon as (a) it was
available and (b) their other applications would
support it.
The biggest issue driving the support extension is not
that IBM wants to be nice, but that too many apps
aren't prepped and ready for AIX 5.1, even, let alone
AIX 5.2.
The Microsoft or Oracle approach is to to drop support
without regard for your existing apps.
--- John Jolet <john.jolet@FXFN.COM> wrote:
> i think it's a backlash from people like me who find
> it ludicrous that they are ending support for 5.1 4
> months after ending support for 4.3.3. that move
> seems to me to be grasping and usurious...very
> microsoft or oracle-like.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Latimer [mailto:steve@MIDRANGE.CA]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:41 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: IBM extends support for AIX 5.1.
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> Bill,
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> That is probably correct. I see the extended support
> as a way of dealing
> with the backlash that they are getting due to 5.2
> not being compatible
> with many older machines, where as 5.1 will run on
> all RS/6000 machines.
> 5.2 would force a lot of people to make new hardware
> decsions before they
> are ready to.
>
> Steve Latimer
> IBM Certified Sales Specialist, pSeries (RS/6000)
> Mid-Range Computer Group Inc.
> 34 Riviera Dr.
> Markham, Ont.
> L3R 5M1
> Phone: (905) 940-1814, ext. #207
> Fax: (905) 940-1809
> Website: www.midrange.ca
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> Bill Verzal
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> I saw that this morning, but according to the IBM
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> April 30 date is still withdrawal from marketing.
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> IBM United States
> Software Announcement 203-158
> June 24, 2003
> Service Extension: IBM AIX V5 and Selected Licensed
> Programs
>
>
> Available
> formats: ENUS203-158.PDF(7KB)
>
>
>
> Overview
> Warranty service for AIX® V5.1 and the following
> selected licensed programs
> is extended to December 31, 2005:
> 5765-E61 AIX 5L for POWER V5.1
> 5765-E85 AIXlink/X.25 V2.0
> 5765-E72 Fast Connect V3.1
> 5765-E69 LoadLeveler® V3.1
> 5765-F64 General Parallel Files System
> (GPFS) V2.1
> 5765-D93 Parallel Environment V3.2
> 5765-C42 Engineering and Scientific
> Subroutine Library (ESSL)
> V3.3
> 5765-C41 Parallel ESSL 2.3
>
>
> Warranty service for 5765-E62 AIX 5L for POWER V5.2
> is extended to July 31,
> 2007.
>
>
> Availability Date
> June 24, 2003
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