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Your Linux-Athena Workstation: MIGHTYDUCK3.MIT.EDU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Mon Dec 6 15:09:20 2010
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:09:14 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <201012062009.oB6K9ELw016443@outgoing.mit.edu>
To: rachel@mit.edu
From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
Greeetings,
You are receiving this e-mail because you (rachel@mit.edu) are
currently listed as a contact for the Athena workstation
MIGHTYDUCK3.MIT.EDU. This workstation is currently running Athena 9.4.
Support for Athena 9.4 ended on October 8, 2010, and Athena 9.4 has not
received security updates or bug fixes since August 2009. While you can
continue to run Athena 9.4 on an "as-is" basis, we encourage you to
upgrade to Debathena. Debathena is the latest evolution of the Athena
computing environment, and provides many new features and new levels of
compatibility and flexibility. If you upgrade to Debathena, we strongly
encourage you to test all important software and features on Debathena
before decomissioning your Athena 9.4 machine.
IS&T will not send any further e-mails to Athena 9.4 users, so if you
wish to continue running Athena 9.4 in its unsupported state, no action
is required on your part.
For more information on the end of support for Athena 9, as well as
instructions on upgrading to Debathena, please see:
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/oAVt
Note: We have transitioned away from the old annual fee based model for
private Athena workstations. Private Athena workstations are now very
similar to running a Windows or Mac computer in your department. You
can purchase a standard Dell desktop and install Debathena on it using
our instructions, and run it at no annual fee. We no longer offer
on-site installation help for departmental machines, but the
instructions are easy to follow and Athena Consulting will be able to
help you remotely if you are installing the Debathena cluster software
on a recommended Dell desktop.
Cordially,
Jonathan Reed
IS&T Athena Release Team
