[Esri官方声明]ArcGIS产品的支持生命周期

截止到今天，Esri的最新ArcGIS产品为10.2.1版本，但是仍然有很多用户还在使用ArcGIS9.3版本，甚至还有9.2、9.1的版本仍在沿用。

今天给大家发布一个Esri最新的产品支持官方声明，让用户了解一下Esri各个产品的生命周期，特别是有立项、规划的人员就更需要了解一下了。

注意：该声明仅供参考，不代表Esri中国的支持政策

一般情况下，一个产品的生命周期包括

 General Availability（新推出）

 Extended（扩展）
 Mature（成熟）
 Retired（下线）

比如，Esri刚刚推出的ArcGIS10.2产品，在去年，应该是刚刚发布，所以处于一个General Availability阶段，但是在使用过程中，来自全球的Bug提交，Esri会发布相应的ArcGIS10.2.1相关补丁，那么在不断扩展过程中，会使该版本逐渐走向一个成熟阶段，之后就是下线了。

Software Products（软件产品 ）
Ø通常有四个生命周期阶段 
Ø生命周期阶段是基于日历的，换句话说，每个阶段的持续时间是整整两年 
Online Services Products（在线服务产品 ）
Ø通常有三个生命周期阶段 
Ø生命周期各阶段的版本为基础，换句话说，从一个阶段的产品移动到下一个时，该产品的新版本发布 
Data Products（数据产品 ）
Ø通常有两个生命周期阶段 
Ø生命周期各阶段的版本为基础，换句话说，从一个阶段的产品移动到下一个时，该产品的新版本发布

下面将比较典型的ArcGIS产品的生命周期给大家做以介绍

ArcGIS for Desktop

ArcGIS for Server（ArcSDE）

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问题1：为什么要发布这个声明，对Esri中国用户有什么帮助？

该声明是Esri官方宣布的，也就是说某些版本截至到什么时间不再进行补丁更新和技术支持。比如ArcGIS9.3.1版本在2013年12月31日已经不再提供支持了。那么也就是说，如果用户使用该版本再发现什么问题（或许是ArcGIS产品的Bug）,Esri也不负责Bug的修复和补丁的发布了，所以，用户在使用这些版本需要有一些思想准备。

另外，作为ArcGIS初学者，尽可能的学习最新的版本，因为可能一下早期版本比较麻烦的操作、功能的实现，在新版本已经有更优化、更使用的功能替代，而且新版本是顺应最新的计算机技术的发展同步更新的，所以建议ArcGIS初学者建议多了解新版本的功能。

问题2：Esri的产品是否必须是安装系统需求的环境安装？

Esri提供了相关的说明：

Esri product teams have a policy of supporting hardware, operating system, compilers, RDBMS versions, and Web servers. We refer to this collective technology as an environment. Our base support level is the environment in which we build and release the product. In addition, we support many other subsequent releases of hardware, operating systems, RDBMSs, etc. Environments with components that are older than what we originally built the product on are not supported.

As a part of our normal work, we do test our software releases on select environments. However, due to the large number of possible environments, we cannot directly test all of them. An environment is certified as supported when the product's quality assurance and quality certification (QA/QC) tests run successfully.

Non-certification of an environment does not necessarily mean it is not supported. That environment is supported if it meets or exceeds the base build environment and that environment is known to not fail. Environments that are known to not work are usually documented on the product support page as soon as that information is available.

An environment may be supported even if there are some known issues with the software on that particular environment. Any known issues will be documented in the "limitations" section of the System Requirements for that environment.

Support of an environment means Esri will do everything reasonably possible to support and correct problems. Some problems are not solvable by Esri (for example, RDBMS bugs, operating system bugs, Web server bugs, or compiler incompatibilities). Sometimes Esri's support of a site will require the site to upgrade the environment. If no other reasonable alternative is available, and Esri cannot fix the problem, we may provide a patch. Patches will be provided using our existing methods for building and releasing patched software.

Esri cannot support any environment not supported by the vendors of the operating systems, RDBMSs, or Web servers.

大致意思：Esri有一个专业的测试团队来在市面通用的软件环境条件下进行ArcGIS产品的测试，但是牵涉到操作系统、数据库、Web等很多非ArcGIS产品的环境，不可能所有环境都进行测试，所以只选择了比较典型、常用的环境和版本进行测试，并不代表其他环境ArcGIS不支持，但是建议用户还是选择系统需求的环境进行ArcGIS软件的运行，毕竟这些环境是经过Esri的严格标准化的测试的。

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以下是Esri已经下线的产品列表：

• Address Manager
• ArcExplorer -- Java Edition
• ArcExplorer -- Windows Edition
• ArcGIS API extension for Bing Maps
• ArcGIS API extension for Google Maps
• ArcGIS Explorer
  
• ArcGIS OGC Interoperability Add-on
• ArcIMS Route Server
• ArcLogistics
• ArcLogistics Navigator
• ArcSDE (9.1 and older)
  
• ArcView 3x
• ArcWeb Explorer
• ArcWeb Services APIs
  
• ArcWeb Toolbar for ArcGIS
• Business Analyst Web Services
• BusinessMAP
• BusinessMAP PRO
• BusinessMAP Financial Services Edition
• BusinessMAP Travel Edition
• CommunityInfo Datasets
• Geoportal Tool Kit
• MapObjects -- Java Edition
• MapObjects -- Windows Edition
• MapObjects IMS
• MapObjects LT
• Maplex Desktop
• MapStudio
• NetEngine
• PC ARC/INFO / DAK
• RouteMAP IMS
• SDE (9.1 and older)
• StreetMap Mobile
  
• WMS and WFS Connectors for ArcIMS 

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更多产品的生命周期，可以参考如下列表：

ArcGIS

Desktop

• ArcGIS for Desktop
• Basic
• Standard
• Advanced
• ArcGIS for Desktop Extensions
• ArcGIS Explorer
• ArcReader
• ArcInfo Workstation

Server

• ArcGIS for Server(Versions 9.2 and higher include ArcSDE)
• ArcGIS for Server Extensions
• ArcGIS Server Image Extension /Image Server
• ArcIMS
• Esri Geoportal Server

Online

• ArcGIS Online Services

Apps/Mobile

• ArcPad
• ArcGIS for Windows Mobile
• ArcGIS for Smartphones and Tablets
• Collector for ArcGIS
• Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

Web Apps

• ArcGIS Viewer for Flex
• ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight

Location Analytics

• Address Coder
• Esri Business Analyst
• Business Analyst Server
• Business Analyst Desktop
• Esri Maps for IBM Cognos
• Esri Maps for Office
• Esri Maps for SharePoint

Developer

• ArcGIS Runtime
• SDK for Android
• SDK for iOS
• SDK for JAVA
• SDK for OS X
• SDK for WPF
• SDK for Windows Mobile
• SDK for Windows Phone
• SDK for Qt
• ArcGIS API for Flex
• ArcGIS API for JavaScript
• ArcGIS API for Silverlight
• ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit