Thanks for all the inside knowledge! /s Seriously, that page is a keeper.
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:17 AM Eric D Rossman <edros...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > First, let me say that I have NO inside knowledge. > > While it doesn't directly answer the question, the official IBM page for > "IBM Z mainframe hardware product marketing and service life cycle history > since 1994." can be found at > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-mainframe-life-cycle-history Pages > 3 and 4 are pretty good (3 is pretty, 4 is good) > > So, if the averages hold (I have NO inside knowledge about marketing), HW > WDFM would be Oct 2023. Again, let me be 100% clear: I have NO inside > knowledge. This is just based on an official IBM publication. > > Did I mention that I have NO inside knowledge, only an educated guess? > > As for z17, such a beast does not exist, but I hear that the z16 is quite > excellent. 😊 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
