At 03:40 AM 6/29/2005, Stan Zaske typed:
Do you know if this is the last Service Pack that MS will release? @:|>
As mentioned earlier this is not a Service Pack but rather a Rollup which
is basically just security fixes put together in one nice neat package. The
Rollup has less patches rolled into one than a service pack & does NOT
include any enhancements to the OS. As for the anticipated life cycle &
according to
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/extendedsupport.asp>;
* On June 30, 2005, the Windows 2000 product family enters the
Extended Support phase, which continues for at least 5 years through June
2010.
* Microsoft offers a minimum of 10 years' support (5 years Mainstream
+ 5 years Extended) for business and developer products. The Microsoft
<http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/>support life-cycle policy
provides predictable coverage of Microsoft products and continues to set
the standard for product support policies industry-wide.
* Microsoft is not ending support for Windows 2000. During the
Extended Support phase, Microsoft continues to provide security hot fixes
and paid support but no longer provides complimentary support options,
design change requests, and non-security hotfixes.*
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