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Paul Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:05:34 -0500
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HP just announced the end of support of 6.0 is 4/30/2002 so you still have some time yet. The 9x7 systems end of support is
also that date. They also announced that 6.5 PP1 will be out next month. I have had 6.5 installed for several months without
any problems.

Rick Ingham wrote:

> Judging from the challenges I've seen on the list here, it doesn't seem to me like 6.5 is what I would call "Stable" yet.
>
> We have around 140 systems on 5.5 that our HP support personnel want to get updated to 6.5 by year end.
>
> Since 6.0's end of support is only about 12 months away I think, no one wants to do this twice.
>
> I'm not sure how we can reasonably avoid the bleeding edge here...  And that seems incredibly risky to me.
>
> Am I just paranoid?
> --
> Rick Ingham
> (RDIngham at Home dot Com)
> "Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you."

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