[Info-vax] rx2800i2 sales/support window changes

[Keith Parris]

On 2/12/2014 3:40 PM, Shael Richmond wrote:
> Has anyone heard about any changes to the end of sales date or earliest end of support dates for the rx2800i2?

I noticed. :-) And wrote about them here in a thread entitled "HP adds 
OpenVMS Mature Product Support beyond the end of Standard Support". HP 
updated the OpenVMS Roadmap at http://hp.com/go/openvms/roadmap/ and 
provided a FAQ document at 
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA5-0454ENW&cc=us&lc=en 


> My manager was talking to our BCS account rep and he was told theearliest end of support date had been moved from 2020 to 2025.

Right.

On the software side, Mature Product Support without Sustaining 
Engineering is now committed through at least 2025 for OpenVMS 8.4 on 
Integrity.

On the hardware side, the FAQ notes:
"Q7. Will support for the AlphaServer hardware products be extended to 
match the OpenVMS support extensions?
A7. Yes. HP has extended support of selected Alpha families to match the 
OpenVMS support extensions. Please contact your HP representative to 
determine if your specific configuration will be extended."

 > He was pretty sure the end of sales date would be moved from 2015 to 2020

Nope. Still end of sales of new systems in 2015 with upgrades through 
2016. You can make arrangements with your HP Sales Team if you feel you 
need to buy new i2 systems beyond that. You could also purchase and 
stockpile. And you can continue to purchase refurbished systems through 
HP Renew for many years afterward as well, of course. (I'm told there 
are about 5X as many HP-UX customers as OpenVMS customers, so there 
should be more than enough i2 servers traded in for i4 and Kittson 
systems to keep the refurbished lines flowing for OpenVMS customers.)