“God news shareholders! We have decided that we didn’t make enough sales this quarter so we have EOLed a whole range of products!”

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quickthrowman 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	SoftTalker 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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.
	▲	lowbloodsugar 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"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?