  Current and Prior Version Support? 
 The Question is:
 
What is the end date for standard support ?
 
 
 The Answer is :
 
  Twenty-four months or twelve months after the subsequent release ships,
  whichever is later.
 
  Users of hardware releases are particularly encouraged to upgrade
  to the next mainline release.  For the meanings of the various
  sorts of OpenVMS releases, please see the OpenVMS FAQ.
 
  Please take the time to review the pointers in the OpenVMS FAQ,
  and specifically the pointers to the Prior Version Support (PVS)
  pages listed in the FAQ.
 
  A release history URL pointer is also available in the OpenVMS FAQ,
  and the information at this webpage can be used to determine when
  a particular OpenVMS release was shipped.
 
 Answer written or last revised on  21-MAY-2002 
