Gavin Scott wrote:
> I believe that the Response Center will still take support calls on 5.5 and
> perform reasonable escalations for something like six months after the "end
> of support" date.  So if you can't get the tapes in time, or don't want to
> spend your holidays "watching" tapes spin (remember when you could actually
> *see* the tape?), then you can relax because the world won't come to an end
> even if you wait until early in the new year to perform the migration.

My understanding of this is that Gavin is basically correct.

> But don't procrastinate too long, because eventually the RC *will* stop
> accepting support calls for 5.5.

He's also correct here.  Don't procrastinate for too long!

- Mark B.