It's official now - WAS 6.1 extended to 2013

Hot off the press:  IBM extends the end-of-service date for IBM® WebSphere® Application Server V6.1 from September 30, 2012, to September 30, 2013. This includes the following programs below. IBM will be supporting WAS v6.1 for 7 years since GA date, which is beyond our standard 5 year policy.  So, no need to sign the extended support contract!

5724-J08 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server
5724-I63 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express
5724-H88 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
5724-H89 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers
5724-X89 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition V6.1 for Novell SLES
5725-A25 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition V6.1 for AIX
5725-C00 6.1.0 IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition V6.1 on Novell SLES
5725-C01 6.1.0 IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition V6.1 on AIX
5655-N01 6.1.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS