So long and Good-bye!

Last week ESRI Support Center published a knowledge base article on the deprecation plans for 9.3.1. Here is a condensed list of deprecations that might impact Java developers.

  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last release supporting the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system for all ArcGIS products. We will no longer support Windows 2000 in ArcGIS 9.4.
  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last release supporting Sun Solaris 9 for ArcGIS Server, ArcReader and  ArcGIS Engine. Sun has announced the end of life plans for Sun Solaris 9 and given the lack of availability in 2010, ESRI will no longer support this operating system. ArcGIS 9.4 will be the last release supporting Sun Solaris (all versions) for ArcGIS Server, ArcReader and  ArcGIS Engine.
  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last ArcGIS Server Enterprise Java release with support for the Enterprise Application Developer Framework (EADF). EADF provided out-of-the box Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) that were ready to use and deploy across supported J2EE 1.4 application servers. Users can still take advantage of EJBs by following patterns highlighting the ArcGIS Java Web Services Toolkit (AgsJWS) and EJB3, but we will no longer provide out-of-the box EJBs as part of a Java Application Developer Framework (ADF).
  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last release of ArcSDE for PostgreSQL on Red Hat 4; we no longer support PostgreSQL on this operating system at ArcGIS 9.4, but we will continue to support PostgreSQL on newer versions of Red Hat Linux.
  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last release with support for ArcSDE for 32-bit Informix on the AIX and Solaris platforms; we will no longer support these in ArcGIS 9.4 due to limited support from IBM for these platforms.
  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last release of ArcSDE for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. We no longer support SQL Server 2000 in ArcGIS 9.4 due to this platform no longer being actively supported by Microsoft.
  • ArcGIS 9.3.1 was the last release to support Internet Explorer 6 (IE6); we will no longer support this browser with the release after ArcGIS 9.3.1. Microsoft will be two releases ahead of IE6 by the time ArcGIS 9.4 is available, and IE6 is no longer being actively maintained by Microsoft.

Please refer the Knowledge Base Article for more information on the deprecation plans and please plan ahead for migration.

Published Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:02 PM by ajoseph

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