Starting from March 2018 PTC Creo will have a new release every year ....

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October 2, 2017
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How Long will each new version be supported?

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StephenW

23-Emerald III

They've made this statement before. I won't believe it till I see it.

Quality over quantity.

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TomU

23-Emerald IV

While the product calendar does list expected release dates, it does not yet include any information on the support windows for each:

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At LiveWorx there was a discussion from management about every third release being an "enterprise" release and the in between two being "small business" releases. The idea was that since Creo 4.0 is considered an enterprise release, it would remain fully supported (and compatible with Windchill) until Creo 7.0 is released. On the other hand, Creo 5.0 and 6.0 would have much shorter release windows. It is entirely possible that once Creo 6.0 is released, Creo 5.0 will no longer be supported (even though 4.0 still is.) Make sense?

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rohit_rajan

Author

15-Moonstone

Creo 5.0 and 6.0 and supported as Creo 4.0 and 7.0 would be disastrous.

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llie

17-Peridot

Are they stating to follow the release cycle that they already use for Creo View and Creo Illustrate? Would Creo 5 and Creo 6 just be point releases of Creo 4 and Creo 7 would be a completely different platform?

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tshen

17-Peridot

PTC Product Calendar http://support.ptc.com/cs/product_calendar/PTC_Product_Calendar.htm is updated with the following info:

Standard Support End Date of Creo 4.0 is March 2020

Standard Support End Date of Creo 5.0 is March 2019

Standard Support End Date of Creo 6.0 is March 2020

* Creo maintenance builds will continue to be delivered for 12 months after Standard Support End Date, but at a reduced cadence.
1. Creo 5.0 and Creo 6.0 are short term releases (Standard cycle will be one year).
2. Creo 7.0 will be a long term release (Standard cycle will be approximately three years).