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Latest announcement by Steven Chan (Oracle Development) on Jan 14, 2015Extended Support for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0 ends on January 31, 2015.  See:

• Oracle Applications Lifetime Support Policy (PDF)
  

EBS 12.0 users should upgrade to EBS 12.1 or 12.2 as soon as possible. You might find this article useful:

• Should You Upgrade to E-Business Suite 12.1.3 or 12.2?
  

What happens after Extended Support ends? Sustaining Support for EBS 12.0 begins on February 1, 2015.  You can request diagnostic assistance for EBS 12.0 issues and download existing patches and documentation. Sustaining Support does not include:

• New updates, fixes, security alerts, data fixes, and critical patch updates
  
• New tax, legal, and regulatory updates
  
• New upgrade scripts
  
• Certification with new third-party products/versions
  
• Certification with new Oracle products
  

For more specifics on Premier Support, Extended Support, and Sustaining Support, see:

• Oracle Software Technical Support Policies (PDF)
  

Implications for EBS 12.0 usersYou may need to freeze your desktop and server configurations while you upgrade to EBS 12.1 or 12.2. New versions of desktop components may not work with EBS 12.0.6. These include new releases of:

• Windows
  
• Mac OS X
  
• Internet Explorer (IE)
  
• Firefox
  
• Safari
  
• Office
  
• Desktop-based Java Runtime Environment (JRE)  
  

New versions of server-based components may not work with EBS 12.0.6. These include new releases of:

• Server-based operating systems (Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, etc.)
  
• Oracle Database
  
• Java JDK
  
• Fusion Middleware components (Oracle HTTP Server, OC4J, Forms, etc.)
  

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