Old Versions of Windows and Office

As we all know, Microsoft has produced many versions of its Windows © operating system over past years. It has also produced many versions of its Office © suite of desktop productivity tools.

3SL has always supported all versions of Windows and all versions of Office. So Cradle-5.1 and its new Cradle-5.1.2 update support:

• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP and 2003
• Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003

Our preference is to discontinue support for some of these versions of Windows and Office starting at the next major Cradle release, Cradle-5.2.

Windows

Now that Microsoft has discontinued support for:

• Windows 95
• Windows 98
• Windows ME

we are proposing to discontinue support for these operating systems starting at the next major Cradle release, which will be Cradle-5.2.

If you have any concerns about this potential decision, please click here and tell us about your concerns before 1 st March 2005.

Office

Now that most organisations have adopted Office 2000 or later versions of Office, and that those organisations known to be using Office 97 are migrating from it in the near future, we are proposing to discontinue support for Office 97 starting at the Cradle-5.2 major release.

If you have any concerns about this potential decision, please click here and tell us about your concerns before 1 st March 2005.