Macrovision is cleaning up product lines
Macrovision has announced changes for their InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, AdminStudio and DemoShield product lines.
While these end-of-life announcements usually include several dates, like end of service pack support, the most important date for users is the end opf upgrade pricing. Or, in the case of InstallShield MultiPlatform and DemoShield, the end of sales.
InstallShield Professional 7
Upgrade eligibility ends December 31, 2006. Older versions of InstallShield Professional are already unsupported.
InstallShield Developer 8
Upgrade eligibility ends December 31, 2006. Older versions of InstallShield Professional are already unsupported.
AdminStudio 1.x-5.x
Upgrade eligibility ends April 30, 2007.
InstallAnywhere 1.x-5.x
Upgrade eligibility ends December 31, 2006.
InstallShield MultiPlatform
This product line has been given up in favor of InstallAnywhere (on August 29, 2006). There are migration paths, depending on your version and maintenance status. Please contact your reseller for advice.
DemoShield
This product line, which hasn’t seen any major upgrades during the past two years, will be withdrawn from sales effective December 31, 2006. If you can recommend a replacement product, please drop me a note.
My recommendations for users of these old versions:
- If you want to upgrade to the latest version, don’t wait too long. For some products there are end-of-year offers available, and Macrovision announced a price increase for 2007.
- If you don’t want to upgrade, download and save all save all add-ons, hotfixes, and service packs for your version, as these ususally get pulled from the web site for unsupported versions. It may also be useful to save or print relevant knowledge base articles.