Withdrawal Announcement December 14, 2004

Developer Relations withdrawal: Willow Family of Products — Replacements available

Overview IBM withdraws from marketing the following products under the Developer Marketing Partnerships-Remarketing Software program.

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WebSphere MQ for SCO OpenServer 5620-FKV WebSphere MQ for UnixWare & Open 5620-FKW WebSphere MQ for SGI IRIX 5620-FKX WebSphere MQ for DYNIX/ptx 5620-FKY WebSphere MQ for NCR MP-RAS 5620-FKZ WebSphere MQ for  (Alpha Edition) 5620-FLA WebSphere MQ for Linux (PowerPC Edition) 5620-FLB WebSphere MQ for Linux (SPARC Edition) 5620-FLC WebSphere MQ Client for SCO OpenServer 5620-FLD WebSphere MQ Client for UnixWare & Open Unix 5620-FLE WebSphere MQ Client for MPE/IX 5620-FLF WebSphere MQ Client for SGI IRIX 5620-FLG WebSphere MQ Client for DG/UX 5620-FLH WebSphere MQ Client for MAC OS 5620-FLI This withdrawal applies to the IBM Developer Marketing Partnership relationship only. Other relationships between Willow Technology, Inc., and IBM, both in the U.S. and worldwide, are unaffected.

Replacement product information

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WebSphere MQ for BSD 5620-FRT WebSphere MQ for DYNIX/PTX 5620-FRU WebSphere MQ for HP-UX (Itanium Edition) 5620-FRV WebSphere MQ for Linux (Alpha Edition) 5620-FRW WebSphere MQ for Linux 5620-FRX (iSeries /pSeries Edition) WebSphere MQ for NCR MP-RAS 5620-FRY WebSphere MQ for SCO OpenServer 5620-FRZ WebSphere MQ for SGI IRIX 5620-FSA WebSphere MQ for UnixWare 5620-FSB WebSphere MQ Client for DG/UX 5620-FSC WebSphere MQ Client for MPE/iX 5620-FSD WebSphere MQ Client for SCO OpenServer 5620-FSE WebSphere MQ Client for UnixWare 5620-FSF For additional information refer to Software announcement 204-313, dated December 14, 2004. Trademarks iSeries is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. WebSphere, PowerPC, PTX, and pSeries are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. DYNIX/ptx is a registered trademark of , Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM Corporation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries or both

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