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<div>Date: Tuesday, 7 October 2003</div>
<div>To: Members of the MIT Community, itpartners@mit.edu,
macpartners@mit.edu, winpartners@mit.edu, sw-release-announce@mit.edu,
ed-tech@mit.edu<br>
From: Software Release Team <swrt@mit.edu><br>
Subject: Discontinuing Software Support during FY2004</div>
<div>Cc: infosys@mit.edu, itag@mit.edu, swrt@mit.edu<br>
<br>
Good Day,<br>
<br>
On September 22, an announcement was sent that contained a
proposed list of applications targeted for desupport during FY2004 and
asked for feedback and review of this proposed list in an effort to
obtain consensus that in retiring the applications listed, would not
impose any significant burdens to your Department and/or the client
community that you support. The list below reflects changes
based on feedback that was received.<br>
<br>
In an on-going effort to ensure a high level of quality support for
the Macintosh and Windows platforms, Information Systems reviewed the
vast combinations of software currently being recommended and
supported.<br>
<br>
Our review suggests that discontinuing support for the following
applications, during this fiscal year is vital to maintain quality
support, improve responsiveness to new vendor releases and make it
possible to introduce new product offerings.<br>
<br>
<br>
Windows software slated for retirement on December 31, 2003:<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------<span
></span>--------<br>
Acrobat Reader 4.0<br>
BrioQuery 5.5<br>
Dreamweaver 4.0<br>
FileZilla 1.9.7<br>
Internet Explorer 5.5<br>
Kerberized Line Printer 1.0<br>
Kerberos for Windows 2.1<br>
Tivoli Storage Management 4.1.3<br>
VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1<br>
<br>
<br>
Macintosh software slated for retirement on December 31, 2003:<br>
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></span>---------<br>
Acrobat Reader 4.0<br>
BrioQuery 5.5<br>
Dreamweaver 4.0<br>
Fetch 4.0.2<br>
Kerberos for Macintosh 3.5<br>
Kerberized Line Printer 2.1.1<br>
Virex 7.0<br>
<br>
<br>
Windows software slated for retirement on June 30, 2004:<br>
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></span>------------------</div>
<div>Office 2000 - Mainstream support from Microsoft will end on June
30, 2004. Windows XP users who have not upgraded their version
of Office from 2000 should. We are waiting to see what happens
with the expected MS Office 2003 to determine the best migration path
to recommend.</div>
<div><br>
<br>
Macintosh Operating Systems slated for retirement on June 30,
2004:<br>
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></span>-------------------</div>
<div>Mac OS 9 (All versions) - Apple has been steadily
diminishing its support for Mac OS 9 since the release of Mac OS X in
March 2001. Beginning January 1, 2003, newer machines from Apple
were not capable of running Mac OS 9 as the primary operating system.
At this point, most vendors developing products for the Macintosh are
providing only Mac OS X versions of their software. IS
recommends that everyone migrate to some version of Mac OS X by June
2004. IS will make additional recommendations regarding
upgrading to Mac OS X including which version well before June.</div>
<div><br>
<br>
</div>
<div>Windows Operating Systems slated for retirement on December 31,
2004</div>
<div
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></span>----------------------------</div>
<div><font size="-1">Windows 2000 Professional - Mainstream support
from Microsoft will end on March 31, 2005. Information Systems
will discontinue support for Windows 2000 Professional on December 31,
2004 and will provide more guidance in upgrading from Windows 2000
Professional before December 2004.</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Desupporting this OS requires adequate planning, resources and
lead time. We are prepared to work with the MIT community in an
effort to help ease the difficulties in migrating to a more current
environment. </div>
<div><br>
In closing, we appreciate the Community's assistance and involvement
in Software Release.<br>
<br>
<br>
Deb Bowser</div>
<div>MIT Information Systems</div>
<div>Software Release Team<br>
W92-176<br>
Ph: 617-253-3879<br>
Fax: 617-258-8736</div>
<div>http://web.mit.edu/swrt/</div>
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