markw@airgun.wg.waii.com (Mark Whetzel) (01/26/91)
This letter just came in to my office today from IBM. I Thought some of the people here might be interested in it's contents. ------------------ start copy of IBM letter ----------------------- 18 December 1990 Memorandum to: Licensees of AIX/RT Operating System V 2.2.1 5601-061 Licensees of RT PC Virtual Resource Mgr V2.2.1 5601-062 Licensees of AIX/RT Distributed Services V1.2.1 5601-160 Licensees of AIX/RT PC/AT Simulator V1.1.1 5601-191 Licensees of AIX/RT Workstation Host Interface Program V1.1 5601-189 Licensees of AIX/RT X-Windows V2.1 5601-125 Licensees of IBM RT PC Language Fortran 77 V1.1 5669-054 Licensees of AIX/RT VS COBOL Compiler V1.1 5706-026 Licensees of AIX/RT VS COBOL RT Envionment V1.1 5706-025 Licensees of IBM RT PC VS Fortran Compiler V1 5601-037 Licensees of IBM RT PC VS Pascal Compiler V1 5601-038 Licensees of AIX/RT Network File System V1.2 5601-159 Subject: Program Service Reclassification It is IBM's practice to provide to users of record a minimum of six or twelve months written notice of discontinuance of program services provided under the Agreement for IBM Licensed Programs. The purpose of the letter is to notify you that program services are withdrawn effective 06/30/91 for the above-mentioned program. At that time, program services will no longer be provided. In addition, this letter provides the required twelve months written notice of discontinuance of local program support, if applicable, provided under the Agreement for Local Licensed Program Support for IBM Licensed Programs or Agreement for Local System Support for IBM Control Programming or Programs on IBM Machines. Local Program support is withdrawn effective 06/30/91 for the above-mentioned program to which local progam support is applicable. For further information, contatct you IMB marketing representivea. ------------------------ end included letter -------------------------- Mispellings may be directed at myself when typing this in :-) Looks like IBM is going (or trying) to pull the plug on AIX 2.2.1 for us LOWLY RT users. This is going to hit a lot of people hard, as it is their primary machine.. We only have 10 of the beasties, and it is going to put a crimp in our usage for sure. Looks like they are going to drop the whole thing like a hot potatoe. Any support group for orphaned IBM RT users? :-( Later, Markw -- Mark Whetzel My comments are my own, not my company's. Western Geophysical - A division of Western Atlas International, A Litton/Dresser Company DOMAIN addr: markw@airgun.wg.waii.com UUNET address: uunet!airgun!markw