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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Will the .1 versions have a bit more life out of
them? Granted 5 was the first foree into the linux world, but with 6 and 7 they
should be stable enough to be maintained for a relatively long period
no?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rratliff@cisco.com href="mailto:rratliff@cisco.com">Ryan Ratliff</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cmstaffin@gmail.com
href="mailto:cmstaffin@gmail.com">Craig Staffin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=lelio@uoguelph.ca
href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">Lelio Fulgenzi</A> ; <A
title=cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">Cisco VoIPoE List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cisco-voip] Fw: End-of-Sale
Announcement for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version 5.0</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I can't imagine anyone still running 5.0 in production today,
much less 4 years from now.
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size=3>-Ryan</FONT></P></DIV><BR>
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<DIV>On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:42 PM, Craig Staffin wrote:</DIV><BR
class=Apple-interchange-newline>Yeah definatly a little
surprised<BR><BR>Although 5 was not the most stable version so my guess is
that they are pushing people to upgrade to 5.1 or 6 so that they are on a more
stable platform<BR><BR>Craig<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Jan 9, 2008 6:56 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <<A
href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">lelio@uoguelph.ca</A>> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Is
anyone else surprised by this EOL announcement? It sounded like
they<BR>EOL'ed 4.1 b/c of Windows 2000, so I was under the impression that
with the<BR>linux platform they wouldn't have to EOL these things so
quickly. <BR><BR>Granted, everyone is "saying" that upgrades are going to be
easier, but<BR>there are still some wrinkles to iron out from the sounds of
it. And really,<BR>only three and a half years away from the EOL
announcement the product <BR>becomes end of support? According to the doc,
v5 was released in March 17,<BR>2006 - but really - who's gonna install it
within a year on a production<BR>network? so really, you only get 4 years
out of it and you are forced to <BR>upgrade.<BR><BR>I'm not sure I'm buying
into this practice.<BR><BR>I think you should be able to run a telephone
system for longer than 3 -4<BR>years without being forced to
upgrade.<BR><BR>my two
cents.<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Lelio
Fulgenzi, B.A.<BR>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph,
Ontario N1G 2W1<BR>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
<BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>"Life
expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled<BR>as
good as bacon."<BR>Doug Larson<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:44 PM<BR>Subject: End-of-Sale Announcement for
Cisco Unified Communications Manager<BR>Version 5.0<BR><BR><BR>> Message
Type : End-of-sales/ End-of-life announcement<BR>> <BR>> Cisco
announces the end-of-sale date for Cisco Unified Communications<BR>>
Manager Version 5.0.<BR>> The last day to order the affected product(s)
is June 30, 2008. Customers<BR>> with active service<BR>> contracts
will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical<BR>> Assistance
Center (TAC) as<BR>> shown in Table 1 of the EoL
bulletin.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> For more details,
refer to: <BR>> <A
href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_eol_notice0900aecd807329a8.html"
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