HP-UX Operating System: End of Sales & End of Factory Support
http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/releases-media2/history/slide2.html
Good News: As I favor, HPUX ;-)
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/107846-0-0-0-121.html
HP9000 End Of Sales :-(
The last order date for HP9000 PA-RISC systems was December 31, 2008
The last order date for new HP9000 PA-RISC add-on options and upgrades will be December 31, 2009 and ship date of April 1, 2010
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SUN Solaris Operating System Life Cycle:
Solaris OS milestone releases come out approximately every 3 to 5 years, and are supported for a minimum of 10 years.
I'm Currently supporting upto Solaris 2.6 in my env. , following URL has all the details: you ever wish to see:http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/eosl_solaris.html
You'd be dazed and amazed to see some more URL ;-)
http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/index.jsp
http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/software.jsp
http://www.sun.com/servicelist/in-ng.html
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle:
Every major version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is maintained and supported independently during the seven year life cycle
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1:
General Availability: May 17, 2002
End of Production 1 phase: Nov 30, 2004
End of Production 2 phase: May 31, 2005
End of Production 3 phase: May 31, 2009
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3:
General Availability: October 23, 2003
End of Production 1 phase: July 20, 2006
End of Production 2 phase: June 30, 2007
End of Production 3 phase: October 31, 2010
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4:
General Availability: February 14, 2005
End of Production 1 phase: March 31, 2009
End of Production 2 phase: No earlier than Q4 of 2009
End of Production 3 phase: February 29, 2012
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5:
General Availability: March 15, 2007
End of Production 1 phase: March 31, 2011
End of Production 2 phase: No earlier than Q1 of 2012
End of Production 3 phase: March 31, 2014
Referrence: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
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AIX Software Life Cycle:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/index_a_z.html
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