The DB2 IMS Today newsletter has the following announcement.
U2 Product Lifecycle Announcement
Effective October 1, 2004, IBM will withdraw from marketing the
programs noted below. If available, their replacement products are
listed in the second column:
PI/Open
UniData RDBMS OC Workgroup Edition
UniData RDBMS OC Server Edition
UniData RDBMS OC Enterprise Edition
UniData Server Edition OC UniServer Feature
PI/Open is a legacy MultiValue database owned by IBM. For information
on migrating to IBM UniVerse, please contact your sales representative.
UniData RDBMS OC includes UniData versions 5.0 and below. The
replacement product is UniData versions 5.1 and higher. At higher
releases, UniServer functionality was included with the base product at
no additional cost. Clients may obtain the replacement product at no
charge if under a current maintenance contract. If not on current
maintenance, maintenance reinstatement is required.
In addition, effective December 31, 2004, IBM will withdraw from
marketing the programs noted below. If available, their replacement
products are listed in the second column:
wIntegrate v4.x (a.k.a. wIntegrate 98) wIntegrate v5.x or later
Clients may obtain the replacement product at no charge if under a current
maintenance contract. If not on current maintenance, maintenance
reinstatement is required.
End of Marketing (EOM) means that:
* License & maintenance are not available for NEW clients
* Licenses & maintenance ARE available for existing clients
* Media and binary images are no longer available
Maintenance includes the ability to obtain Technical Support and to
upgrade to newer versions at no cost.
At this time, no End of Service date has been set. Product Lifecyle
Announcements, if any, are made in April and September of each year.
A minimum of three months notice is given for End of Marketing and a
minimum of twelve months notice is given for End of Service.
For more information, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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