EE 1.6 No Longer for Sale After EE 2.1

In a blog post today, EllisLab President Leslie Camacho announced some upcoming plans for EE 2 and the end of life plans for EE 1.6.

When ExpressionEngine 2.1 is released, ExpressionEngine 1.x will no longer be available for purchase. EE 1.x will officially become a legacy version.

So, you will no longer be able to purchase EE 1.6 licenses separately. However, EE 1.6 will still be available for people who own licenses and EE 2.1 purchasers will still have access to EE 1.6 (no longer bundled in but as a separate download).

Technical support for EE 1.6 will continue as long as necessary but EllisLab considers EE 1.6 a legacy product and you should expect them to encourage upgrades whenever possible. They also promise to give 6 months notice before discontinuing official support of EE 1.6. EllisLab expects this to be “throughout 2010 and a good deal into 2011 at the least.” I assume the forums will always be there for people who need 1.6 help a year or more from now.

Read the entire blog post yourself and be sure to post any feedback you have for EllisLab to the post forum thread: The End (of Beta) is Near: What You Need to Know