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Upcoming Release Schedule for November 2001

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Wed Nov 21 11:08:13 2001

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Date:  November 21, 2001
To: Members of the MIT Community winpartners@mit.edu, macpartners@mit.edu, 
itpartners@mit.edu, sw-release-announce@mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt@mit.edu>
Subj:  Upcoming Software Release Schedule for November 2001
Cc: infosys@mit.edu, itag@mit.edu



Good morning!

Below you will find an update of projects in which the Software Release 
Team is currently engaged.  With the assistance of team members throughout 
the MIT community, we are working toward IS support for the following software:


MACINTOSH
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MAC OS X (10.1) - release effort underway - TBD in 2002
Netscape 6.2 - on hold
Netscape 4.78 - testing underway, December 2001
Eudora 5.1 - planning stages - TBD



WINDOWS
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Windows XP - getting started (incompatible with KfW 2.1 ) - TBD in 2002
Netscape 6.2 - on hold
Netscape 4.78 - testing underway, December 2001
WinZephyr - MIT developed - writing installer - Winter 2001
KLP 1.1 - new version needed to work with WinXP - TBD
KfW 2.1.1 - testing underway - Fall 2001
Eudora 5.1 - planning stages - TBD


NEW ADDITIONS TO SUPPORTED PRODUCTS
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KLPR 2.1.3 - November 7, 2001
TSM 4.1.3 - October 11, 2001


PRODUCTS RECENTLY DE-SUPPORTED
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Eudora 3.x for Macintosh - September 1, 2001


PRODUCTS SLATED FOR DE-SUPPORT ON JUNE 30, 2002
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Macintosh Computers 	Models prior to G3s*
Operating Systems      MacOS 8.1, MacOS 8.5.x
Dreamweaver               3
Eudora                        4.0.2 and lower
FileMaker Pro              3 and lower
Kerberos                     KfM v 2.0.2, KfM v 2.5.1, KfM v 3.0
Microsoft Office           MS Office 98 and earlier
Netscape                    4.5 and lower
TSM / ADSM               3.x and lower

*68K Macintoshes, such as, the Mac IIci, Quadra 700 and Quadra 800, 
PowerMacintoshes, including, PowerMacintoshes 7500, 7300, etc.

Windows Computers
Models w/cpu speeds less than 350MHz
Operating Systems      SP5 and lower for NT
Dreamweaver               3
Eudora                        4.0.2 and lower
FileMaker Pro              3 and lower
Kerberos                     Mink-10-18-99 (Leash 32 v 2.0)
McAfee VirusScan       4.0.3 and lower Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office            MS Office 97 and earlier
Netscape                    4.5 and lower
TSM / ADSM               3.x and lower

Note:
These hardware desupport statements are targeted for machines that are used 
in a desktop environment to run multiple applications simultaneously, such 
as Eudora, Dreamweaver, Netscape and Office.  The machines listed above for 
desupport can still be useful for web browsing, email and word processing 
in some environments.

For a complete list of supported applications, see:
Macintosh: http://web.mit.edu/is/products/macsoft.html
Windows: http://web.mit.edu/is/products/winsoft.html

To view any of the release notebooks, please visit our page:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt

Contact Us
-----------------
We would appreciate hearing any comments or questions you have, please send 
e-mail to swrt@mit.edu

Sincerely,
Deb Bowser
Software Release Team







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