IMPORTANT GSS 3.0 ANNOUNCEMENT - please read

Hello All,

After some thought I've decided to slightly change the way we bring GSS 3.0 to market. We originally had GSS 3.0 planned to GA on March 2nd and while we could achieve that date it would leave us with at best a 6-9 month window before we could release the next update. As we have changed so much in GSS 3.0 I wanted us to be able to gather feedback and potentially make some adjustments in a relatively short period of time. To achieve this what I've decided to do is offer the full version of GSS as a beta on March 2nd (or 3rd to coincide with the global webcast we have scheduled) and provide a 90 day license.

This will allow everybody to get access to the product, play around with it and tell me what you like and what you think could be improved. I will then take the feedback and see what I can do to make some changes prior to GA. It's likely the beta will run for 6 weeks and the release will come roughly 6 weeks after that. The 90 day license should cover this period.

The finer points are still being worked out and there could still be some changes but I wanted to give you a heads up so this didn't take anyone by surprise.

I am certain the debate around GSS 3.0 will be exciting, interesting and sometimes even challenging for us due to the changes that have been necessary. I'm looking forward to it and I will be listening very carefully to what you have to say.

Best regards,

David


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David Evans
Senior Product Manager
Deployment Solution, Ghost Solution Suite, Server Management Suite, Task Server
www.symantec.com







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