Timeline for Are questions about legacy products inherently off-topic on Server Fault?
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| Oct 8, 2015 at 12:37 | comment | added | Reaces | @yagmoth555 I deleted some of the comments, as it was getting out of hand. I stand by my statement that no matter what, a product that is EoL can and should be treated differently. Extended support or not, your question is a lot less likely to receive good answers as the amount of uncertainties surrounding it increase. As such there is nothing nebulous about the statement. Support or no, the circumstances around your product vary from peoples past experiences when combined with newer products. And a suggestion of upgrading is often very likely. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 12:33 | comment | added | yagmoth555 Mod | @Reaces ok, misread, but I edited, to show what I mean by nebulous | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 12:32 | comment | added | Reaces | @yagmoth555 No??? I never said EoL was off topic! I simply said end of life is not a confusing statement, whether you have extended support or not your product is end of life and as such any assistance you may get here is probably not as good as it would be for a newer product. But you still deserve an answer if one is possible, and your question should not be closed! You should just expect to get comments about the lifespan and suggestions involving upgrading. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 12:31 | comment | added | yagmoth555 Mod | @Reaces You dont get my point, extended support is an valid option. If you cant migrate 2000 pc in example in times, or such. While your opinion would close the question as the product would be eol. It's that point, that make eol date nebulous. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 12:05 | comment | added | yagmoth555 Mod | @Reaces EOL is nebulous. As I still got update for xp, and i dont talk xp pos. How? Special contract, but xp is tagged eol, unlike xp pos. Nebulous isnt it? | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 8:22 | comment | added | Reaces | While I agree with the statement that there should be no strict rule, I very much disagree with the idea that EOL is a nebulous concept. Nothing is ever 100% foolproof, but I think we can safely say that if someone comes on ServerFault with a problem related to the usage of a Legacy product, they probably don't have extended support. I would be amazed if anyone payed the vast sums required to receive extended support and still come to a Q&A site as a matter of first resort. | |
| Oct 7, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | Falcon Momot | If so, it's still in support, and not actually EOL. support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/lifewinembed | |
| Oct 7, 2015 at 18:57 | history | answered | O.M.B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |