[Info-vax] Changes to OpenVMS Support

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/3/2012 6:04 PM, David Froble wrote:
> JF Mezei wrote:
>> IanMiller wrote:
>>> HP have announced that OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 and OpenVMS Alpha V6.2-1HX
>>> will move from PVS with SE to PVS without SE starting 1st May 2014.
>>
>>
>> Had to go to the openvms.org web page for a translation :-)
>>
>> ##
>> OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 and OpenVMS Alpha V6.2-1HX will move from Prior
>> Version Support (PVS) with Sustaining Engineering to PVS without
>> Sustaining Engineering starting 1st May 2014.
>> Extended Engineering Support (EES) availability for OpenVMS Alpha V8.2
>> and OpenVMS I64 V8.2-1 would be ending on 30th April 2014.
>> ##
>>
>>
>> So basically, VMS engineering will no longer have resources allocated to
>> looking at 6.2 for alpha. Is that the correct interpretation ?
>>
>> So support contracts for 6.2 will include only telephone support but
>> reporting bugs will ot do anything because they won't be any engineering
>> resources available ?
>>
>> Isn't 6.2 circa 1993-1994 ?
>
> What was Microsoft running in 1995?

NT 4.0 was released in summer 1996.

> What has Microsoft introduced AFTER that time for which they've long ago
> dropped support?

NT 4.0 mainstream support ended ultimo 2002 and extended support ended
ultimo 2004.

2000 ended mid 2005 and mid 2010.

2003 mainstream ended mid 2010 and are still on extended (until
mid 2015).

2008 is still on mainstream (dates are mid 2013 and mid 2018).

Arne