Jeff Kell asks,

> We received our support renewal contracts the other day for our 950 and
> 960.  According to the contract, the 950 goes off of support altogether
> in April 99, and certain parts of both systems (oh, unimportant stuff
> like the LANIC card) expire in Sept 1998.
>
> This was news to me, I don't recall hearing any notices of end-of-life.
>
> Any comments?  Anyone else in this predicament?

In my prior life, there was a 950 - and there were rumblings from the
Account S/E (when there was such a thing :) that it wouldn't be supported
after 1998-1999, sometime in that timeframe.  Just prior to me leaving,
orders were being prepared for an upgrade to that box and has since been
replaced.

Since some of the 9x5s aren't going to survive 1998, I would suspect as
well, that the 9x0s wouldn't survive either as they were one of the first
line of the Spectrum class.  I would suspect that if one has a 9x0 or a 9x5,
to either start asking questions, or start looking for an upgrade (even if
it's a "lateral")...  I know that the support costs for the 950 were in
excess of most of the 9x7 and 9x8 which were comparable, so costs were saved
over the long run as well.

Best Regards,
Joe

Joe Geiser
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