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Table of Contents
  1. Announce Date
  2. Action
  3. Announcement Summary
  4. Key Dates
  5. Intended Audience(s)
  6. Recommended Product Replacements or Migration Plans
 
 
 
Announce Date
  • June 07, 2005

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Action
  • Transition of Existing Product

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Announcement Summary

Announcing the transition of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 product offerings from Sun including all support subscription renewal part numbers. Renewal parts for support are not version specific to 2.1 and is applicable for all versions of Red Hat that Sun offers.

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Key Dates

Last Order Date: September 09, 2005
Last Ship Date: October 09, 2005
End of Service Life Date: October 09, 2010

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Intended Audience(s)
  • IT Managers in all companies, small to large
  • ISPs and ASPs
  • Software developers
  • Systems Integrators
  • Independent Software Vendors
  • Scientists and Engineers

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Recommended Product Replacements or Migration Plans

RHE 3 products are currently available from Sun from your local Sun sales representative or for U.S. customers from the Sun Store at http://store.sun.com.

  • Migration Issues/Dependencies:
    Please visit http://rhn.redhat.com/help/about.pxt.
  • Upgrade Plan:
    Please visit http://rhn.redhat.com/help/about.pxt .
  • Compatible Third-Party Applications:
    A wide range of third-party certified applications are available for including products from Oracle and SAP. See the certified software listing at: http://redhat.com/solutions/.
  • Support:
    Sun will continue to honor support contracts sold to customers through the last ship date and until the support contract is up for renewal. Customers who wish to continue with support from Sun, must upgrade to next available software release sold by Sun. (currently RHEL 3 and purchase the appropriate subscription based offering they choose.

Sun will no longer offer support renewals for Red Hat products sold by Sun. Customers are now required to repurchase the subscription-based offering at time of renewal.

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