| RSI Platform Support Announcement [message #27007] |
Mon, 08 October 2001 16:23  |
Matthew Powell
Messages: 6
Registered: October 2001
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October 8, 2001
Research Systems, Inc., (RSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak, today
announced that it is discontinuing support for several platforms in order to
focus on its core competency platforms, which have the greatest market
share. The company stated that this was a difficult decision to reach and
was only determined after much research and review. This decision was
dictated in large part by the limited number of customers we have using our
products on these platforms, as well as the current economic conditions that
require all companies to make prudent business decisions. This change will
be implemented following the releases of IDL 5.5, scheduled for release
October 4, and ENVI 3.5, planned for October 22, of this year. These will be
the last versions to support the following platforms:
Apple Macintosh
Compaq Alpha Linux
Compaq Alpha Tru64 Unix
Sun Intel x86 Solaris
Although IDL 5.5 will support Mac OS 9, RSI will be unable to release
support for Mac OS X. We had planned to completely rewrite IDL for Mac OS X,
but after careful review of our Macintosh customer base, it has become clear
that our software maintenance fees and predicted sales for Mac OS X would
not cover the costs associated with this effort.
Customers using RSI products on one of these platforms can transfer their
licenses to another supported platform at no additional cost if they are
currently on maintenance. Technical support will continue to be provided to
RSI customers for these platforms. Customers should contact their RSI sales
representative for more information and for assistance in transferring their
licenses.
RSI will continue to support the following platforms:
Sun Solaris
Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
IBM AIX
sgi IRIX
Windows 98, 2000, and NT
Linux
Any questions regarding this policy change may be directed to RSI at
info@rsinc.com.
Matthew Powell
PR Manager
Research Systems, Inc.
Boulder, CO
mpowell@rsinc.com
303-413-3906
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