is sql 7.0 scheduled to be retired

In e-Week (Dec 15, 2003 pg 8) an article mentioned that Windows 98, sql
server 7.0 and a number of versions of office 2000 are scheduled to be
retired by Dec 23 as part of the agreement with Sun over the Java lawsuit.
Can anyone point me to a press release or list of products that are
scheduled to be retired as part of this agreement?> In e-Week (Dec 15, 2003 pg 8) an article mentioned that Windows 98, sql
> server 7.0 and a number of versions of office 2000 are scheduled to be
> retired by Dec 23 as part of the agreement with Sun over the Java lawsuit.
I believe there are certain products that will no longer be available, e.g.
to download from the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site. But that does not mean
the product is "retired" depending on how you define "retired"; it will
still follow its product life cycle. For example, according to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeSrvr
SQL Server 7.0 will "die," in different senses, on 12/31/2005, and
12/31/2007.
Here is a snippet from an announcement to MSDN subscribers, which highlights
the other products which will no longer be available directly:
> Due to a settlement agreement reached in January 2001, the following
> products are being phased out and will no longer available to customers
> through MSDN Subscriber Downloads or other channels at Microsoft. These
> products will be removed from MSDN Subscriber Downloads as of December
15th,
> 2003.
> Office XP Developer
> Visio 2000
> BackOffice Server 2000
> Office 2000 Developer
> Office 2000 Tools
> Office 2000 Multilingual
> Office 2000 Premium SR-1
> Office 2000 Service Pack 2
> Outlook 2000
> Project 2000
> SQL Server 7
> SQL Server 7 Service Pack 3
> Embedded Visual Tools 3.0
> Visual Studio 6 MSDE
> IE 5.5
> MapPoint 2002
> Visual Studio 6.0 SP3 and SP5
> Windows 98
> Windows 98 Y2K
> Windows 98 Resource Kit
> Windows 98 SP1 (all win98 except SE)
> Windows NT 4.0
> ISA Server 2000
> Visual Basic for (Alpha Systems)
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