Magic Software’s End of Sales, Support and Upgrade Schedule for eDeveloper Versions 6, 7, 8, & 9
(April 2008)
eDeveloper Versions 6, 7, 8, and 9 Background
Magic Software’s eDeveloper Version 6, 7, and 8 were released more than 10 years ago and have been supported with a significant number of Service Packs and Hot fixes during this period.
eDeveloper Version 9 was released in March 2001 and has been updated since then as follows:
Minor versions:
- December 2001 - version 9.2
- February 2002 - version 9.3
- April 2003 - version 9.4
In addition, we have released more than 15 Service Packs and 40 bug-fix versions during the eDeveloper version 9 lifecycle.
eDeveloper Version 10 was released in June 30, 2006, which introduced a paradigm shift that includes support for many new technologies. This version also encapsulated many wish lists of clients and partners to provide proper solutions to dynamic business needs.
The End-of-Life Schedule for eDeveloper Versions 6, 7, and 8
According to Magic Software’s product lifecycle policy, the end-of-life process for eDeveloper versions 6, 7, and 8 is as follows:
- Extended sales and support will be available until end of Q4/2008 – 31 December, 2008
This means that all sales and support of version 6, 7, and 8 will be fully terminated as of end December 2008.
The End-of-Life Schedule for eDeveloper Version 9
According to Magic Software’s product lifecycle policy, the end-of-life process for eDeveloper 9 includes 3 steps:
- End-of-Maintenance - End of Q4/2009 (December 2009)
- End-of-Support & Sales - End of Q4/2010 (December 2010)
- Extended sales and support will be available from December 2010 to the end of Q4/2011 – however please consult our product lifecycle policy for the many differences between the standard support and sales plans and the extended one (see also different pricing). We therefore again recommend you to upgrade as soon as possible to V10, please consult Magic Software offices for any question you may have in that regards.
Extended Sales and Maintenance & Support
The extended Sales as well as Maintenance & Support will be available according to Magic Software’s Product Lifecycle Policy.
What to Do Next?
Now, more than ever, is the right time for you to migrate to eDeveloper version 10 - Magic Software’s new generation application development platform, and enjoy a world of new benefits designed to make your offering significantly more productive, attractive as well as preparing the infrastructure for your enterprise to handle new demanding technologies and challenges, such as SOA, Composites, the Magic Software’s new upcoming Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) platform, Advanced XML handling, Web & mobile and many new surprising technologies Magic plans to launch in the mid long term.
Among the tremendous amount of new features in V10, with Magic Software’s eDeveloper V10 you can also leverage:
- The most productive framework available for creating business applications designed and built for business change
- Award-winning technology based upon over 20 years of experience
- Industry leading Composite Applications capability
Why Migrate to eDeveloper Version 10 – Today
- Improved User Interface for standard look and feel
- Mainstream Event Driven Architecture with Productive & User Friendly Editors (facilitating eDeveloper access to .NET and Java developers)
- Integrated end-user Report Generator
- Built-in PDF support
- Improved Source Management
- Studio & Runtime Separation and Productive Application Debugging\
- Unicode Support
- Service Orientation Development Support
- Enhanced support for XML document handling
- Multi-tasking
- And many more exciting new features
Read more about the many good reasons to migrate to eDeveloper Version 10 and join many leading companies who have already done so.
Download our full document of reasons to migrate to eDeveloper version 10 as well as the Schedule for end of sales, support and upgrade for eDeveloper versions 6, 7, 8 and 9.