[DIGITAL] DIGITAL UNIX[r] Alpha Software Product Library-July 1998 AV-RAZDB-TE Welcome to this month's DIGITAL UNIX Alpha Software Product Library Package. The July 1998 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 Networker Save and Restore 2ALAA 4.4 POLYCENTER[tm] Networker Save and Restore 2ALAA 4.2B Products Removed from the Current Library The following products, which shipped as part of the April 1998 Software Product Library Package, have been removed from the July 1998 package: Product Name Version UPILV Advance File Systems Utilities 4.0D OEGAA -Ships as part of the DIGITAL UNIX Operating System on Associated Products Volume 2. All-In-1[tm] Web Interface for DIGITAL UNIX 1.0 50CAA -Has been replaced by DIGITAL Office Server WEB Interface V5.01. Due to Retirement: DEC COBOL[tm]/Japanese for DEC OSF/1[r] 2.1 2BZJA DEChub[tm] Consolidated Firmware 4.1B 32TAC DECwindows[tm] SNA 3270 Terminal Emulator 2.1A 30AAA MAILbus[tm] 400 SMTP Gateway/Japanese for DEC OSF/1 1.1A 0NNJA ObjectBroker (RT) 2.7 0TTAA ObjectBroker (Dv) 2.7 0TSAA TeMIP ASCII Management Toolkit for DIGITAL UNIX 3.1 3GWAA Future Product Removals due to Retirement (October 1998) Product Name Version UPILV DECmigrate[tm] for DEC OSF/1 AXP Systems 1.2 MWNAA SoftPC/Softwindows 6.0 0HSAA ©Digital Equipment Corporation. 1998. All rights reserved. Migration Information for DECmessageQ Digital Equipment is a distributor for BEA Systems BEA MessageQ, the successor product to DIGITAL DECmessageQ, and will continue to sell, distribute and support MessageQ on DIGITAL platforms, including OpenVMS[tm] (Alpha[tm] and VAX[tm]), DIGITAL UNIX, and Windows NT[r] Alpha, along with other vendor platforms, as part of a multi-year agreement between DIGITAL and BEA Systems. Effective 30 April 1998, DIGITAL will be distributing BEA MessageQ using BEA Systems license terms and conditions, and will be providing BEA-manufactured software binaries and documentation. The former product, DIGITAL DECmessageQ, is being retired, as per contract terms, and BEA MessageQ is being provided as a successor product. Also as part of this transition, we will no longer be distributing DECmessageQ/ BEA MessageQ V3.2, but moving our current release level to V4.0A, as none of the V3.x DECmessageQ releases are Y2K ready, and the V4.0 releases have been tested and found Y2K ready by BEA Systems engineering. As the BEA-provided product does not support DIGITAL License Management Facility (LMF), and therefore is not eligible for inclusion in the Software Product Libraries (SPL), we will only be offering Individual Product Offerings (IPO) kits, using a CD-ROM media type. Customers who wish to purchase the BEA MessageQ product can continue to order the IPO via the normal DIGITAL ordering channels, and orders will be fufilled by DIGITAL Software Supply Business (SSB). DIGITAL Multivendor Customer Services (MCS) continues to provide first and second-tier support services for MessageQ, and customers with existing support contracts will continue to receive support as they did with DIGITAL DECmessageQ. Migration Information for ObjectBroker As part of the completion of service contract migration, ObjectBroker V2.7 has also been removed from the Software Products Library due to its sale to BEA Systems and the introduction of a new BEA-provided product that does not support DIGITAL License Management Facility (LMF). Effective 10 July 1998, ObjectBroker will be removed from the DIGITAL UNIX "July 98" SPL. Customers wishing to purchase the latest version of "BEA ObjectBroker," currently Version 3.0, can continue to do so from DIGITAL since DIGITAL is offering Individual Product Offerings (IPO) kits, using a CD-ROM media type. Customers who wish to purchase the BEA ObjectBroker product can continue to order the IPO via the normal DIGITAL ordering channels, and orders will be fulfilled by DIGITAL Software Supply Business (SSB). Additional information is available at the following URL: http://ww1.systems.digital.com/DDic.nsf/AllDocuments/ AA5A054FAB826713802564A0006884BC BEA ObjectBroker is also available directly from BEA Systems Inc. Pricing and licensing information is available. DIGITAL Multivendor Customer Services (MCS) no longer provides first and second-tier support services for BEA ObjectBroker, and customers seeking support contracts need to contact BEA Systems directly. DIGITAL recommends that new customers consider other industry alternatives in addition to BEA ObjectBroker to determine which product technology best suits their needs. DIGITAL partner, Iona Technologies offers a market leading CORBA 2-compliant object request broker, called Orbix, along with associated CORBA and COM-based technologies on DIGITAL platforms. 2 Other ORBs, such as ICL DAIS, and VisiBroker from Borland, are also worthy of consideration. IMPORTANT YEAR 2000 INFORMATION Some of the products on the Software Product Library may not be Y2K ready, or their Y2K status may be unknown at this time. The following section identifies those products and provides information on planned actions. Products with Planned Updates for Y2K Please be advised that the currently shipping versions of the following products are not Y2K ready. Plans are in place to release Y2K ready versions in the near future. (See Y2K Website for release dates - http//www.digital.com/year2000/). We will continue to ship the current version until the Y2K ready version is available. At that time the Y2K ready version will replace the current version on the SPL. Product Name Version UPILV DIGITAL Capacity Planner 4.0A 23QAA DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor 3.0 4XGAA DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor MAILbus Scanning Modules 3.0 5TSAA DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor MailWorks Scanning Modules 3.0 5TNAA POLYCENTER Security Compliance Manager 2.5 2K8AA POLYCENTER Security Intrusion Detector 1.2A 33XAA 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. Product Name Version UPILV Digital Speech Recognition Software 1.1A 4AYAA DECtalk[tm] Software V4.2 for Digital UNIX 4.2A 228AA DECtalk Software V4.2 for Digital UNIX 4.2A 55WAM DECmessageQ for UNIX 3.2A 2W8AA DECmessageQ for UNIX (Development) 3.2A 2W7AA -See "Migration Information for DECmessageQ" in this letter. A Y2K ready version is available, shipping separately. DECmigrate for DEC OSF/1 AXP Systems 1.2 MWNAA SoftPC/Softwindows 6.0 0HSAA DECWatchdog /Autopilot for OSF/1 Alpha 2.1 0ZMAA DIGITAL InfoServer Client for DIGITAL UNIX 1.0 YSHAF -Y2K ready version is shipped separately POLYCENTER Networker Save and Restore 4.2B 2ALAA -This is an older version of the product shipping as an additional version in support of the DIGITAL UNIX Operating System 3.2 stream. StorageWorks[tm] HSZ40 Array Controller 1.1A 3DCAA 3 Local Language Products Please be advised that the Y2K readiness status for the following local language products has not been determined. These products may not be Y2K ready. There will be an update on their Y2K status on the next SPL. Product Name Version UPILV F-RJE for DEC OSF/1 1.0 3L0JA F6680 Data Stream Programming Interface 1.0 3KZJA DEC COBOL/Japanese for DEC OSF/1 2.1 2BZJA DEC FUSE[tm]/Japanese for Digital UNIX 2.1A 092JA DEC MAILworks/Hangul Server 1.0A 0PC4A DEC SNA[tm] 3270 Data Stream Programming Interface/ Japanese 1.0 3HJJA DEC SNA Printer Emulator/Japanese 1.0 3H0JA DEC SNA Remote Job Entry/Japanese 1.0 3H1JA DECwindow SNA 3270 Terminal Emulator/Japanese 2.1A 30AJA Distributed Computing Environment/Japanese 2.0 01MJA DSM/Japanese for Digital UNIX 1.0D 0W0JA MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway/Japanese 1.1A 0NNJA MailWorks V2.0 for UNIX/Japanese 2.0 0PCJA PostScript[r] Printing Services/Japanese 1.0 2KNJA PrintServer[tm] Software/Japanese 5.1 0V9JJ VXT Terminal Software/Japanese 2.1 XNGJC 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) 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, OpenVMS, POLYCENTER, PrintServer, StorageWorks, 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. 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