Comment by lowbloodsugar
6 hours ago
“God news shareholders! We have decided that we didn’t make enough sales this quarter so we have EOLed a whole range of products!”
6 hours ago
“God news shareholders! We have decided that we didn’t make enough sales this quarter so we have EOLed a whole range of products!”
I understand you’re being sarcastic, but yes, eventually technology gets better so a manufacturer refreshes their product line. This is extremely common in many industries.
They do but they continue to service the old lines for quite a long time. This is not consumer grade equipment, it represents a large capital expense and also at stake is valuable inventory. The consumer "you're SOL when the warranty expires" approach won't fly.
"French supermarkets hacked because this is common in many industries". Maybe it should not be common? Maybe selling internet connected industrial plant means those things must be supported forever?