Notes and Sources

Oracle

Oracle has three tiers of support: Premier Support, Extended Support, and Sustaining Support. For more on Lifetime Support Policies, please see http://www.oracle.com/us/support/lifetime-support/index.html. NOTE: May require a login to My Oracle Support.

 

Source:

Database http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-technology-069183.pdf

Middleware http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-middleware-069163.pdf

 

Microsoft

Microsoft has two tiers of support: Mainstream Support and Extended Support as well as Service Pack Support. Please note that Service Pack Support may not be offered for all products.

 

* If a product has a service pack, support ends 24 months after the next service pack release or at the end of the products support lifecycle, whichever comes first.

*  Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates.

 

Source:

Windows Server http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/default.aspx?LN=en-us&c2=1163&x=11&y=10 and https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/lifeselectindex#S

MS SQL Server http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=1044

IE http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=internet+explorer

IBM

IBM has one support date for application servers. The end of support date is the last date on which IBM will deliver standard support services for a given version/release of a product.

 

IBM has two tiers of support: Base and Extended. Base is the end of support date and Extended indicated the earliest date in which IBM would end support for DB2.

 

** IBM has not announced end of support for WebSphere release 8.x. NOTE: GA date for WebSphere 8.0.x is July 13, 2012

Source:

WebSphere http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/index_w.html