Programming Announcement December 14, 2004

Rebranded Willow MQSeries products and additional platforms are fully compliant members of the WebSphere MQ family

Overview All products interoperate with all MQSeries and WebSphere MQ V1, At a Glance The pricing structure of Willow′s V2, and V5.x client and server WebSphere MQ product line is products available from IBM and The Willow Technology WebSphere revised in line with IBM′s MQ family Willow Technology subject to MQ family of products expands the structure. The product line is now standard restrictions on platforms and versions: interoperability between licensed on a “per-CPU” basis • instead of using capacity units. MQSeries/WebSphere MQ versions. WebSphere MQ V5.3: 32-bit Willow′s products are fully compliant support for Itanium based members of the WebSphere MQ Product information has been HP-UX systems family. New platforms have been provided by the program supplier, • Willow Technology, Inc. WebSphere MQ V5.2: Support added. for BSD systems For a list of the new Willow Key Prerequisites • WebSphere MQ V5.3: Support MQSeries products, refer to the for  on iSeries and Description section. Refer to the Technical information pSeries section. WebSphere MQ Clients for MPE/iX, • Synergy with WebSphere DG/UX, and MAC OS are fully Planned availability date compatible MQSeries V2 level products. All other products are fully December 17, 2004 compatible V5.x level products.

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative.

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The Willow WebSphere MQ family of products includes: • WebSphere MQ for BSD (Intel Edition) • WebSphere MQ for /ptx • WebSphere MQ for HP-UX (Itanium Edition) • WebSphere MQ for Linux (Alpha Edition) • WebSphere MQ for Linux (iSeries/pSeries Edition) • WebSphere MQ for NCR MP-RAS • WebSphere MQ for SCO OpenServer • WebSphere MQ for SGI IRIX • WebSphere MQ for UNIXWare • WebSphere MQ Client for DG/UX • WebSphere MQ Client for MPE/iX • WebSphere MQ Client for SCO OpenServer • WebSphere MQ Client for ImoxWare The Willow WebSphere MQ family of products replace the following products: • 5620-FKV MQSeries for SCO OpenServer • 5620-FKW MQSeries for UNIXWare & Open  • 5620-FKX MQSeries for SGI IRIX • 5620-FKY MQSeries for DYNIX/ptx • 5620-FKZ MQSeries for NCR MP-RAS • 5620-FLA MQSeries for Linux (Alpha Edition) • 5620-FLB MQSeries for Linux (PowerPC Edition) • 5620-FLC MQSeries for Linux for SPARC Edition • 5620-FLD MQSeries for Client for SCO OpenServer • 5620-FLE MQSeries for Client for UNIXWare & Open UNIX • 5620-FLF MQSeries for Client for MPE/iX • 5620-FLG MQSeries for Client for DG/UX • 5620-FLI MQSeries for Client for MAC OS

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iSeries is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. WebSphere, MQSeries, pSeries, and PowerPC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Company in the United States and other countries. 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 Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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