Desupported software

FYI. I received this on Compuserve.

Tom Harleman
Paradigm Consulting, Inc.
11080 Willowmere Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46280-1256
CIS:72072,2122

Subj:  Desupported software		Section: News from Oracle
  To:  all				Tuesday, March 22, 1994 1:09:20 AM
From:  Chris Wooldridge [Sysop], 76711,1014#38500

Document ID:            104978.374
Title:                  Desupported Products
Creation Date:          23 November 1993
Last Revision Date:     15 March 1994
Revision Number:        0
Product:                GENERIC
Product Version:        GENERIC
Platform:               GENERIC
Information Type:       ADVISORY
Impact:                 HIGH
Abstract:               This document contains the support policies
                        maintained by Oracle Corporation regarding
                        mature/obsolete products.
Keywords:               POLICY;SUPPORT;PRODUCT;MATURE;OBSOLETE
________________________________________________________________________
                       Desupported Products

These are policies that are maintained by Oracle Corporation. Any decision on behalf of an Oracle subsidiary or distributor to extend the support timeframe for any of the below products does not, in any way, imply a corresponding support extension on behalf of Oracle Corporation. These policies are current to the Last Revision Date given above.

BMI

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(SQL*Forms 2.3-based) This is no longer supported.



CRT
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(Terminal definition utility for SQL*Forms V2, SQL*Menu V4 and


SQL*Calc.  Precursor to Oracle*Terminal.) Oracle will continue to
support CRT until January 1, 1995. CRT will not be supported under
Oracle8.

EASY*SQL
--------
EASY*SQL is no longer being sold and has been dropped from the price
list.  Oracle will continue to support EASY*SQL until January 1, 1995.
EASY*SQL will not be supported under Oracle8.

FASTFORM
--------


(SQL*Forms 2.0-based) This is no longer supported.



Oracle for ALL-IN-1
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(VMS-specific) This is not a production product, and is not supported.



Oracle for Lotus 123 Datalens
-----------------------------
Currently, Oracle still supports all Datalens drivers. Lotus will soon
support the Sun4 Datalens driver, but a definite date has not been established.
All other drivers will eventually be supported by Lotus, but no timeframes have
been given yet.

Oracle For WORDPERFECT
----------------------
This is not a production product, and is not supported.

ORACLE V5
---------
ORACLE V5 is no longer supported on any platform, including DOS.

ORACLE V6
---------
On DOS, ORACLE V6 will end 3 months following the shipment of
Microsoft's Chicago O/S. On MVS, Oracle does not support any V6
release older than 6.0.36.  On all other platforms, ORACLE V6 will
no longer be supported after December 31, 1994.

RPT/RPF (SQL*Report)
--------------------
SQL*Report is now in maintenance mode. No further enhancements will be put into
the product except supporting future versions of the RDBMS. There will be
occasional maintenance releases to incorporate major bug fixes.

SQL*Calc
--------
SQL*Calc is no longer being sold and has been dropped from the price
list.  Oracle will continue to support SQL*Calc until January 1, 1995.
SQL*Calc will not be supported under Oracle8.

SQL*Forms 2.0
-------------
SQL*Forms 2.0 is no longer supported on any platform.

SQL*Forms 2.3
-------------
SQL*Forms 2.3 is not supported for use with Oracle7, except on
selected platforms and with certified Oracle Financial, Human Resource
and Manufacturing Applications.  Although SQL*Forms 2.3 will in
general operate successfully in a client/server environment using
SQL*Net to access Oracle7, Oracle Corporation does not provide normal
support services for this configuration.  Customers should migrate
their V2.3 applications to V3.0 for use with Oracle7. Note also that
SQL*Forms 2.3 is not supported by base development on any version of
ORACLE.  However, the MVS product line does support SQL*Forms 2.3 on
MVS (ORACLE V6 and current versions of Oracle7).  The future direction of
V2.3 support on MVS has not yet been determined.

SQL*Forms 3.0
-------------
Support will end on March 1, 1995

SQL*Graph
---------
Support will end on August 31, 1994

SQL*Menu 4.1
------------
SQL*Menu 4.1 is no longer supported.

SQL*QMX
-------
SQL*QMX is no longer being sold and has been dropped from the price
list.  Oracle will continue to support SQL*QMX until January 1, 1995.
SQL*QMX will not be supported under Oracle8.

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