FYI

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:20:13 -0500
From: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) discussion mailing-list"
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Subject: [rhelv6-list] Announcement: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle
     Extended to Ten Years

Today Red Hat is pleased to announce that it has extended the life cycle of Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and future releases from seven to 10 years, effective 
immediately. This announcement is in response to the widespread adoption of Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 since its introduction in 2007, and the increasing rate 
of adoption of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 since its launch in 2010.

During the life cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, customers take advantage of 
a multitude of benefits, including feature enhancements,
critical bug and security fixes, as well as award-winning support from Red 
Hat’s Global Support Services team. Customers also enjoy stability from Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux resulting from Red Hat's commitment to ABI and API 
compatibility during the life cycle. Finally, Red Hat delivers a steady stream 
of supported hardware platforms, aligning to the new introduction cycles of 
hardware OEM partners.

The result of the extended life cycle is that customers will enjoy all of the 
benefits of their subscription over a longer period of time.
Specifically, this means additional time to take advantage of the significant 
investments that customers make in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
related to their business critical applications. Enterprise customers will now 
have more options for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux
implementations, and can use the longer life cycle to plan for migrations as 
well as new deployments.

We are excited about this announcement, and in particular about the additional 
value that it provides to customers, in response to their
reliance on Red Hat to help run and grow their business.

For additional details, please refer to the following resources:

- The press release associated with this announcement:
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2012/1/red-hat-enterprise-linux-stability-drives-demand-for-more-flexibility-in-long-term-operating-system-deployments

- The Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle web page:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

- An FAQ on the Red Hat Customer Portal:
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-69647


Please consult your primary Red Hat contact to understand more detail regarding 
this exciting announcement.


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