Re: [IBM-MAIN] IBM withdraws Z890 ?!?!?!

Marvin,
it is withdrawal of upgrades, both real and microcode.
Here is the letter

http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZG07-0310

On 6/29/07, Marvin Lukasik <marvin.lukasik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is this a fact? We just installed ours 18 months ago!!
I searched IBM.com to no avail concerning this.
Can someone point me to a URL or announcement letter?
TIA

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Tom Conley wrote:

>IBM would help tremendously if it did not obsolete its mainframes every 5
>years. In my client's case, they bought their 9672 in 1997, and it was
>effectively dead-ended in 2001 when they installed OS/390 V2R10. IBM just
>withdrew the z890, and we're due for the next levelset to take out the z800
>and z900 series. Companies who used to get 10 years out of a mainframe
>can
>do so no longer because IBM won't permit it.
>
>Regards,
>Tom Conley

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