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		ChristianGeek on Feb 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Gravity lawsuit and how it affects every writer... Bad example; Microsoft supports its software because it wouldn't be able to maintain market share if it didn't, not because of contractual obligations.

thanksgiving on Feb 2, 2015 | [–]

Does that mean that the end of life on [1] mean that date or an earlier date as Microsoft chooses?

[1] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

Spooky23 on Feb 3, 2015 | [–]

Not necessarily.

Pretty sure we still have a (outrageously expensive) support contract for NT4 on alpha for some godawful legacy system.

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