D I G I T A L DIGITAL UNIX Alpha Software Product Library--January 1999 AV-RAZDD-TE Welcome to this month's DIGITAL UNIX Alpha Software Product Library Package. The January 1999 package includes the changes described in the following sections. Products Shipping Two Versions The following products are shipping two versions of their products: Product Name UPILV Versions Shipping Parallel Software Environment 2ATAA 1.6 Parallel Software Environment 2ATAA 1.8 Open3D Version 4.9 for DIGITAL UNIX 0AFAA 4.9 Open3D Version 4.9A for DIGITAL UNIX 0AFAA 4.9A Products Removed from the Current Library The following products, which shipped as part of the October 1998 Software Product Library Package, have been removed from the January 1999 package: Product Name Version UPILV Was shipping two versions: TeMIP OSI Mgmt Toolkit for DU V2.1A 2HEAA POLYCENTER Networker Save and Restore 4.2B 2ALAA Removed due to Y2K non compliance: VXT Terminal Software/Japanese 2.1 XNGJC DEC FUSE/Japanese for Digital UNIX 2.1A 092JA DEC MAILworks/Hangul Server 1.0A 0PC4A MAILbus 400 Message Transfer Agent for DU Japanese 2.0 0NLJA PostScript Printing Services/Japanese 1.0 2KNJA DIGITAL Capacity Planner, Version 4.0A 4.0A 23QAA Future Product Removals due to Retirement (April 1999) Nothing scheduled at this time ©Digital Equipment Corporation. 1999. All rights reserved. IMPORTANT YEAR 2000 INFORMATION With the January 1999 release all of the actively selling products including local language products on the Digital UNIX Software Product Library are Y2K ready. All products previously noted as having planned Y2K updates have submitted those updates this month and are included in this Software Product Library release. Products that have begun the retirement process may be exceptions to the above status. Please refer to the "Retiring Products" section below for further information. Retiring Products Please be advised that the following products have begun the retirement process. These products may not be Y2K ready, and there are no plans to determine their readiness or to release Y2K ready versions. However, these products will remain on the Software Product Library until they reach End of Service Life. Please refer to our Y2K Website "ww1-digital.com/year2000/e_home.html" for Y2K status of these products. Product Name Version UPILV Digital Speech Recognition Software 1.1A 4AYAA DECtalk Software V4.2 for Digital UNIX 4.2A 228AA DECtalk Software V4.2 for Digital UNIX 4.2A 55WAM DECWatchdog /Autopilot for OSF/1 Alpha 2.1 0ZMAA StorageWorks HSZ40 Array Controller 1.1A 3DCAA DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor MAILbus Scanning Module 3.0 5TSAA DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor MailWorks Scanning Module 3.0 5TNAA Software Compatibility Matrix Please refer to the Software Compatibility Matrix or Software Product Description for Operating System Support information. The Software Compatibility Matrix shows the minimum and maximum Operating System versions supported by each software product on the Software Product Library. This matrix is located on disc 1 in the following file: /readme/sw_compat_matrix.ps (.txt) 2 A Final Note If you have questions or concerns regarding the Software Products Library Packages, please contact us at: cdrom_docs@zko.dec.com ___________________ TM All-In-1, Alpha, DEC COBOL, DEC FUSE, DEC SNA, DEChub, DECmigrate, DECtalk, DECwindows, DIGITAL, MAILbus, MailWorks, OpenVMS, POLYCENTER, PrintServer, StorageWorks, TeMIP, VAX, and the DIGITAL logo are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. R Postscript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Incorporated. OSF/1 is a registered trademark of Open Software Foundation, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. 3