It could just have been one with a very large check.

MiddleEndian 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It doesn't seem unreasonable to me if you have the resources. If I could've paid Apple to somehow just support OS X 10.6 forever I'd probably still be a Mac/Hackintosh user lol

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paulddraper 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There’s at least one customer somewhere willing to pay $1 million for that.

Plus adding a general feeling of confidence to the product as a whole. And safety knowing that you can upgrade for an extra 5 years of support if you need it.

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odie5533 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The level of confidence is pretty incredible. Coming from someone who got hurt by CentOS.

	▲	naniwaduni 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One of the dirty secrets is that you don't need to back up confidence to sell it if you don't plan to be around when it falls apart.