Whenever I have seen this image in IBM's presentations I have wanted to get a copy to post in this blog. Why? It shows IBM's plans for the life of the current releases and the timeline for future releases of the IBM i operating system.
I am not so naive to think these dates are fixed, we all realize that the release dates of future releases, and the end of support for current releases, can change. The exception is IBM i 7.1, its end of support is set for April 30, 2018.
I still expect Technology Refreshes to be released twice a year. I do expect a new TR to be announced at the COMMON Fall conference, next month.
This does reiterate is IBM's commitment to IBM i, as they have planned the next two releases out until 2027. What about beyond that year? At an event I attended in 2015 Steve Will, chief architect of IBM i, stated that IBM are making plans for this operating system and the PowerSystems server for the next 20 years.
Feel free to share this with the naysayers who say that this operating system and platform are finished, especially those who say "AS400".
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