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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.


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


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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