[Macpartners] IS&T Software Update for June 2005

[Deb Bowser]

Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
macpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for June 2005
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and 
Students within the MIT Community, to provide updated information 
regarding new and upcoming software products and services.

Topics of the month:
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1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Volume & site license software update
4. Software retirement
5. Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
6. How are we doing?  Let us know


1. Recent Releases
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Linux
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RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 - June 16, 2005


Macintosh
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Virtual Private Network (VPN) 4.6.04 - June 30, 2005
(update supports single and multi-processor systems under Tiger)

Windows
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None


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
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Linux
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Back-to-school 2005 CD - August 2005


Macintosh
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Apple Mail - Release effort underway - July 2005
Back-to-school 2005 CD - August 2005
Eudora 6.2.3 - Release effort underway - July 2005
iPassConnect 2.37 - Release effort underway - July 2005
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) - Release effort underway - June 2005


Windows
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Back-to-school 2005 CD - August 2005
Eudora 6.2.3 - Release effort underway - July 2005
iPassConnect 3.30 - Release effort underway - July 2005
Microsoft Anti-spyware, Beta 1, refresh 2 - evaluation in progress


To obtain information on any of the release efforts listed, please 
visit our page:  <http://web.mit.edu/swrt/>


3. Volume Site License Software Update
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The Mathematica license has been renewed for another three 
years.  Department Wide and Faculty/Staff licenses using the NCN 
codes from last year will continue to function through July.    New 
this year is a nominal fee of $30 for student use and a price 
increase for the department wide and single user faculty/staff 
Mathematica licenses.  More information can be found in the VSLS site 
at: <http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/>.  Orders for this year 
are now being accepted.


4. Software retirement
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A reminder that the following software will be retired effective 
today, June 30, 2005:

Netscape 7.02 (Mac and Windows)
We encourage users to review IS&T's FY06 browser recommendations:

	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/browsers/>

Microsoft Office XP (Windows)
Microsoft Office v.X (Mac OS X)
We encourage users to upgrade to Office 2003 (Windows) or Office 2004 
(Mac OS X) respectively.  Please see the Microsoft Campus Agreement 
at MIT for further information:

	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/software/msca.html>.


5.  Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
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We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's 
Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and 
service pack deployment.  For more information about and instructions 
on how to configure your machines to use WAUS, see the WAUS documentation at:

         < http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/>


6. How are we doing? - Let us know
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Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of 
interest you would like to see included as well?  Please take a 
moment to let us know:

	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html>

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and 
comments you have pertaining to this communication or other software 
release matters.

Deb Bowser
QA Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu