Is Solution Manager mandatory for getting support for SAP 4.7?

Hi,
We received a letter from SAP regarding Solution Manager which stated:
"Commencing on April 2, 2007, SAP Solution Manager will be the only source from which customers receive maintenance updates for SAP NetWeaver 2004s and beyond, as well as applications based upon it (including mySAP Business Suite 2005 applications)."
We are still using SAP 4.7. We do not use Solution Manager. Does this statement mean that for getting any updates / support patches on 4.7, we will need to implement Solution Manager?
Can anybody clarify your understanding or SAP's stand on this?
Regards,
Ashish

To add to Dolores point, The link in market place...
https://websmp206.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000689446&_SCENARIO=01100035870000000202&
The link also contains the SAP Tutor file explaining the process. Hope it helps you.
Br,
Sri
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vivek b wrote:
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