The assumption for the reasons are invalid

I just wanted to point out that I believe your assumption as to the reason for this announcement is completely incorrect. I should point out that I am a customer and not an IBM employee. I believe the reason for the change is that customers requested it last year to allow roll out of each technology level across a large estate to take place whilst giving some time for stability. The customer requests were made and discussed in the various AIX user group meetings around the world alongside the maintainence plans. Feel free to attend the user group meetings in future where you can witness these customer-IBM discussions yourselves....