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From: rogerk@sco.COM (Roger Knopf 5502)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: XENIX expiration date?
Keywords: support
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Date: 8 May 90 00:05:36 GMT
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In article <17576@well.sf.ca.us> aldo@well.sf.ca.us (Aldo Castillo) writes:
>Hi there netlanders  --  I'm sure that this has been previously
>posted (standard disclaimer) but:

Yes, we made a posting about this a couple of months ago. The essence
of SCO's position on Xenix is not that we want it to die (no way)
but that because of customer demands we are placing our development
effort emphasis on Unix. SCO will continue to sell and support Xenix
for as long as customers want it.
 
>1) What will be the last XENIX release date?  Which version?

386 is 2.3.2 (2.3.3 if you have VP/ix). 286 is 2.3.2. Although no
specific later releases are planned we certainly could if the situation
warranted it (like to incorporate bug fixes).

>2) When will SCO discontinue support 8-) of XENIX?

Whenever customers stop buying it and then some. Don't believe the
followup posting that says late next year. I just got through
handling a support question for Xenix-86 release 1.4 on the
AT&T 6300 - a release that we stopped engineering on nearly
5 years ago. (Note: I don't usually handle support calls but
I am one of the few who was around when that release was current).
SCO's support will continue as long as any nontrivial number of
users require it. Historically, this has proven to be several
years after engineering stops.

>3) Will anyone else pick up the support?

I am sure our resellers will continue to support Xenix. Even so, SCO
has no plans to drop support of Xenix, our resellers are the main
group to need the support.

Perhaps I can get rosso to repost our official statement.

Roger Knopf
SCO Consulting Services
-- 

"His potential clients were always giving him the business."
	--Robert Thornton