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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?
As it happens, the Stack Enterprise solution you can buy for your company includes a "content health" close-queue specifically to capture this aging concept.
But this is not Stack Enterprise,...
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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?
What is the rationale for not allowing questions about unsupported platforms? It's been my experience that a big part of being an IT professional is dealing with old stuff.
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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?
Security. Orphaned products and platforms do not receive security updates, which results in vulnerabilities that cannot be fixed.
Support. Although it should be obvious, few people like systems that ...
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If this question is off-topic, where is it on-topic?
It was closed as being a "shopping question":
Requests for product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they attract low quality, opinionated and spam ...
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