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- Summer 2005: Initial communications about "Solaris sunset"; IS&T stops renewing Sun Solaris Athena workstations except by special request
- Summer 2006, 2007, 2008: Renewals of DLC and public student cluster workstations replace Sun Solaris Athena machines with Athena Linux systems
- Summer 2008: Analysis of Solaris-only third-party software packages and possible alternatives
- Spring 2009: Remaining Sun Solaris workstations come up for renewal
- Summer 2009: Remaining Sun Solaris workstations in public student clusters and most DLC Sun Solaris Athena systems are replaced with Athena Linux systems
- Fall 2009: Remaining DLC Sun Solaris Athena systems are replaced with Linux Athena systems where desired
- IAP 2010: Sun Solaris Athena systems in 37-318 4-167 ("holdout cluster") are replaced with Linux Athena systems
- Beyond IAP 2010: Athena Sun Solaris dialup systems (athena.dialup.mit.edu, x.dialup.mit.edu) are replacedIAP 2010: Sun Solaris Athena systems in 37-318 4-167 ("holdout cluster") are replaced with Linux Athena systemswill be around at least through IAP 2010
Alternatives
Solaris software packages
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If you have any concerns, questions, or are aware of potential issues related to the end of life of Sun Solaris Athena systems in the Athena environment, please contact Oliver Thomas at othomas@mit.edu or 617-253-9682. Depending on the nature of your concern or problem, IS&T may be able to offer additional migration advice, assistance, or mitigating solutions.
Sincerely,
Oliver
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Oliver Thomas
Blah blah blah Manager of the
Faculty and Student Experience 
Athena something something
Information Services & Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
othomas@mit.edu
+1 617 253 9682