Editing Job Entry Subsystem 2/3 (section)

=== Current development ===
In 2017, IBM released a statement of direction for JES2 to be the "strategic" JES, meaning that all future development efforts will be focused on JES2 rather than JES3.<ref name=ibm-announcement-letter-2017/> IBM has reassured customers that JES3 will continue to be supported until an end-of-support date is announced.<ref name=listserv-ibm-main-august-2017/><ref name=watsonwalker-july-2017/> In February 2019, IBM announced that z/OS 2.5 (expected to be released in 2021) will be the last version of z/OS to include JES3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/877/ENUSZP19-0012/index.html&request_locale=en#availx|title=Preview: IBM z/OS Version 2 Release 4|date=2019-02-26|website=www-01.ibm.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123212905/https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/877/ENUSZP19-0012/index.html&request_locale=en#availx|archive-date=2021-01-23}}</ref> In October 2019, Phoenix Software International announced that it had licensed the JES3 source code from IBM and would be taking over its maintenance and enhancement.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/10/02/1924179/0/en/Phoenix-Software-International-Announces-IBM-JES3-Licensing-Agreement.html|title=Phoenix Software International Announces IBM® JES3 Licensing Agreement|last=International|first=Phoenix Software|date=2019-10-02|website=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>