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End of DXCERN Ultrix Service

   

After many years of faithful service the dxcern Ultrix service will be stopped towards the end of 1996. We are aware of the fact that dxcern is still serving many users, but we are forced to take this decision for several reasons, e.g.:

• Digital is encouraging Ultrix users to migrate to Digital Unix, which provides a richer environment, and is under active development, whereas Ultrix support will only consist in fixing existing bugs,
• the availability of other public Unix services at CERN: cernsp and hpplus,
• a DEC PLUS Service running Digital Unix (formerly OSF/1) planned for spring or early summer 1996,
• the need for rationalisation as resources, especially manpower, shrink.

As of mid-March, group administrators will no longer be able to register accounts on dxcern, and people wishing to get such an account will have to contact the UCO.

If these plans seriously inconvenience you, please let us know in time so that we can get together and talk about alternatives.