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         <td>iCC</td>
 
-        <td>Rarely tested</td>
+        <td>Rarely tested (<b>Please read important news on the ICU web site.</b>)</td>
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     <h3><a name="HowToBuildOS400" href="#HowToBuildOS400" id=
     "HowToBuildOS400">How To Build And Install On The IBM i Family (IBM i, i5/OS OS/400)</a></h3>
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+	<div class="note" style="font-size: 2em;"><b style="color: red">Note:</b> At the time of ICU 4.2's release, there were known issues in building on the IBM i family. Please see the <a href="http://icu-project.org/download/4.2.html#i">ICU 4.2 download page</a> for the latest news.</div>
 
     <p>Before you start building ICU, ICU requires the following:</p>