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Welcome to The 3000 NewsWire — the only news service completely dedicated to the HP 3000 business computing system and its community.
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HP extends "no-patches" 3000 support to 2010
HP has released news that extends its timeline for ending its HP 3000 business, once again. The prospect of HP support into a new decade is now a reality, as the vendor will support the systems without offering "sustained engineering," or patches to MPE/iX, until December, 2010.
HP posted a message to HP 3000 newsgroups plus an FAQ and data sheet to its Web site, commmunication that announces a limited extension of the vendor's 3000 business for an additional two years. The new e3000 Mature Product Support, without Sustained Engineering, goes into effect on January 1, 2009.
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