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MPE/iX 4.0 and 4.5 Support Termination by Amy Blocher Commercial Systems Division The general release version of MPE/iX 5.0, which is the second Software Platform Release to be introduced by Hewlett-Packard, provides an extremely stable release. This version of MPE/iX supercedes the previous Platform Release, MPE/iX 4.0. After the general release version of XL Release 5.0 has been distributed to every support customer who is entitled to software updates, the support life for previous MPE/iX releases will soon terminate. The support life of a release is dependent on its distribution type. MPE/iX Release 4.0, which was distributed to the entire MPE/iX installed customer base, is supported until 12 months after the general release version of MPE/iX Release 5.0 is distributed. This means that Hewlett-Packard support for MPE/iX Release 4.0 terminates on September 1, 1995. MPE/iX Release 4.5, which was not distributed to the entire MPE/iX installed base, is supported until 6 months after MPE/iX Release 5.0 is distributed. That is, MPE/iX Release 4.5 will no longer be supported by Hewlett-Packard after April 1, 1995. Please note that MPE/iX 5.0 was delivered in two stages to customers. The first stage known as the limited release version of MPE/iX 5.0 was not distributed to the entire MPE/iX installed base, and thus, it will only be supported for up to 6 months after the general release version of MPE/iX 5.0 is distributed. This means that the limited release version of MPE/iX 5.0 will no longer be supported by Hewlett-Packard after April 1, 1995. As a reminder, XL Releases 2.2, 3.0, and 3.1 as well as older versions are no longer supported by Hewlett-Packard. If you are currently using any of these releases, you should update your systems to a supported version of MPE/iX Release before Hewlett-Packard discontinues support of these older releases.