Software Withdrawal: IBM AS/400 V3R7 and Other Selected Programs; Service Discontinuance: Selected Programs

Withdrawal Announcement
September 1, 1998
Announcement Letter Number: 998-234

Table of Contents:

• Overview
  
• PROGRAM WITHDRAWALS
  

Effective September 1, 1998, December 1, 1998, and February 25, 2000, IBM will withdraw from marketing selected software, detailed in the Program Withdrawal section. In addition, effective February 28, 1999, program services for selected programs will be discontinued.

Replacement Product Information: None

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This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com

PROGRAM WITHDRAWALS

Effective September 1, 1998, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following features licensed under the IBM Customer Agreement (ICA):

.------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------.
|                        |       |       |5755-AS5|5755-AS4|
|                        |       |       |Feature |Feature |
|Feature Name            |Version|Release|Number  |Number  |
|------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------|
|Manufacturing Preload   |  V3   |  R7   |        |  5010  |
|  System/36(TM)         |  V4   |  R1/2 |  5010  |        |
|  Environment           |       |       |        |        |
|------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------|
|Manufacturing Preload   |  V3   |  R7   |        |  5011  |
|  Native Environment    |  V4   |  R1/2 |  5011  |        |
'------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------'

Effective December 1, 1998, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following programs licensed under the International Program License Agreement:

.----------------------------+-------+-------+--------.
|                            |       |       |Program |
|Program Name                |Version|Release|Number  |
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Internet Connection Secure  |       |       |        |
|  Server for AS/400 (RM)    |  V4   |  R1   |5649-NC1|
|  (US)                      |       |       |        |
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|AFP (TM) Utilities for      |  V3   |  R7   |5649-AF1|
|  AS/400                    |       |       |        |
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|ILE COBOL for AS/400        |  V3   |  R7   |5649-CB1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Point-of-Sale Utility       |       |       |        |
|  for AS/400                |  V3   |  R7   |5649-CF1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Application Development     |       |       |        |
|  ToolSet for AS/400        |  V3   |  R7   |5649-PW1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|R/DARS for AS/400           |  V3   |  R7   |5649-RD1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|ILE RPG for AS/400          |  V3   |  R7   |5649-RG1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Advanced Entry BasePak      |  V4   |  R1   |5649-EP2|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Firewall for AS/400         |  V4   |  R1   |5649-FW1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Internet Connection Secure  |       |       |        |
|  Server for AS/400 (Int'l) |  V4   |  R1   |5649-NCE|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Secondary Languages for 5649|       |       |        |
|  Licensed Programs         |  V4   |  R1   |5649-NL2|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Performance Tools for       |       |       |        |
|  for AS/400                |  V4   |  R1   |5649-PT1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|PSF/400 20-45 Printer       |       |       |        |
|  Support                   |  V4   |  R1   |5649-SB2|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|PSF/400 46+ IPM Printer     |       |       |        |
|  Support                   |  V4   |  R1   |5649-SB3|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|OS/400 (RM) NetWare Enhanced|       |       |        |
|  Integration               |  V4   |  R1   |5649-SC2|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Wireless Connection         |       |       |        |
|  for AS/400                |  V4   |  R1   |5649-TBW|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|OfficeVision (RM) for AS/400|  V4   |  R1   |5649-WP2|
'----------------------------+-------+-------+--------'

Effective December 1, 1998, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following programs licensed under the ICA:

.----------------------------+-------+-------+--------.
|                            |       |       |Program |
|Program Name                |Version|Release|Number  |
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|DataPropagator (TM)         |  V3   |  R7   |        |
|  Relational Capture and    |       |       |        |
|  Apply for AS/400          |  V4   |  R1   |5716-DP1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|BasePak/36                  |       |  R7.5 |5716-PK1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Backup Recovery and Media   |       |       |        |
|  Services for OS/400       |  V3   |  R7   |5716-BR1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|GrowthPak for AS/400        |  V3   |  R7   |5716-GP1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Operations ProductivityPak  |       |       |        |
|  for AS/400                |  V3   |  R7   |5716-OPK|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|OfficePak/36                |       |  R7.5 |5716-PK2|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Query for OS/400            |  V3   |  R7   |5716-QU1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|SystemView (RM) System      |       |       |        |
|  Manager for AS/400        |  V3   |  R7   |5716-SM1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Operating System/400 (RM)   |  V3   |  R7   |5716-SS1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|DB2 (RM) and SQL ToolKit    |       |       |        |
|  for AS/400                |  V3   |  R7   |5716-ST1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|ValuPak for AS/400          |  V3   |  R7   |5716-VP1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|OfficeVision for AS/400     |  V3   |  R7   |5716-WP1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|AS/400 Client Access        |       |       |        |
|  Family for Windows (TM)   |  V3   |  R7   |5716-XW1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|AS/400 Client Access Family |  V3   |  R7   |5716-XY1|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|System Program Order (SIPO) |  V3   |  R7   |5755-AS4|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|DataPropagator Relational   |       |       |        |
|  Capture and Apply         |  V4   |  R2   |5769-DP1|
|  for AS/400                |       |       |        |
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|OfficeVision JustMail       |       |       |        |
|  for OS/400                |  V3   |  R7   |5798-TAQ|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|Early Planning Package      |  V3   |  R7   |5798-TBK|
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|TCP/IP File Server Support  |       |       |        |
|  OS/400                    |  V3   |  R7   |5798-TAZ|
'----------------------------+-------+-------+--------'

Effective February 25, 2000, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following programs licensed under the International Program License Agreement:

.----------------------------+-------+-------+--------.
|                            |       |       |Program |
|Program Name                |Version|Release|Number  |
|----------------------------+-------+-------+--------|
|AS/400 Client Access Family |  V4   | R1    |5649-XY1|
'----------------------------+-------+-------+--------'

Effective February 25, 2000, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following programs licensed under the ICA:

.---------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------.
|                           |       |       |        |5755-AS5|
|                           |       |       |Program |Feature |
|Program Name               |Version|Release|Number  |Number  |
|---------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------|
|AS/400 Client Access Family|  V4   | R1/2/3|5769-XY1|  2517  |
'---------------------------+-------+-------+--------+--------'

SERVICE DISCONTINUANCE

Effective February 28, 1999, IBM is discontinuing program services for:

.----------------------------+--------.
|                            |Program |
|Program Name                |Number  |
|----------------------------+--------|
|Connection Program/400      |5798-RZB|
|----------------------------+--------|
|IBM Performance Tools       |        |
|  Subset/400                |5798-RYP|
|----------------------------+--------|
|IBM SOMobjects (TM)         |        |
|  Developer Toolkit for     |        |
|  AS/400 for V3R7           |5798-TBL|
'----------------------------+--------'

Trademarks

      System/36, AFP, DataPropagator, and SOMobjects are trademarks
      of International Business Machines Corporation in the United
      States or other countries or both.
      AS/400, OS/400, OfficeVision, SystemView, Operating System/400,
      and DB2 are registered trademarks of International Business
      Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or
      both.
      Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
      Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or
      service marks of others.