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Chapter 2 SYSTEM PRODUCTS AND INFORMATION XL Release 2.2, 3.0, and 3.1 Support Extended by Amy Blocher Commercial Systems Division MPE/iX Release 4.0, which is the first Software Platform Release to be introduced by Hewlett-Packard, provides an extremely stable release. Starting last September, MPE/iX Release 4.0 was distributed to every support customer who was entitled to software updates. In order to provide customers with sufficient time to roll their systems to MPE/iX Release 4.0, the support life for previous MPE XL releases was extended. The support life of a release is dependent on its distribution type. XL Release 2.2, which was distributed to the entire MPE/iX installed base, will be supported until 12 months after MPE/iX Release 4.0 is distributed. This means that Hewlett-Packard support for XL Release 2.2 will terminate on October 1, 1993. Since XL Releases 3.0 and 3.1 were not distributed to the entire MPE/iX installed base, Hewlett-Packard had originally planned to support theses releases until three months after MPE/iX Release 4.0 was distributed (January 1, 1993). However, many customers have indicated that they require additional time to roll all of their systems to MPE/iX Release 4.0. Hence, Hewlett-Packard support for XL Releases 3.0 and 3.1 was extended until May 1, 1993. Anyone currently using these releases should plan to update their systems to MPE/iX Release 4.0 before Hewlett-Packard discontinues support of these releases.