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Citation please. I believe Microsoft is the king of abandoned tech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsoft_software https://en.wikipedia

Citation please. I believe Microsoft is the king of abandoned tech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsoft_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsof... there's also: Groove Streaming Music Microsoft Office Groove Access Services for SharePoint Online Microsoft Continuum Skype for Business Kinect Adapter Microsoft Band Xbox One TV DVR Kinect Xbox One Kinect Windows Wunderlist Sunset Games for Windows Silverlight Zune Kin XNA PlaysForSure Flight Sim Expression Suite SteadyState Windows RT Windows Phone 10 Windows Phone 8.1 Windows Phone 7 Forefront Front Page Money Please add any that Wikipedia and I have missed.

vardump 9y ago
Looks the lists are missing at least Microsoft Forefront: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Forefront_Threat_Management_Gateway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Forefront_Threat_Man... Good riddance.
- bitmapbrother 9y ago
  Thanks for that. That Wikipedia entry uncovered these additional discontinued products Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager Microsoft Proxy Server Windows Essential Business Server Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Microsoft BackOffice Server Content Management Server Microsoft SNA Server Microsoft Site Server Microsoft Merchant Server Microsoft Groove Server System Center Capacity Planner Microsoft Commerce Server Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Microsoft InfoPath Microsoft Office Document Imaging Microsoft Office Document Scanning Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 Microsoft Photo Editor Microsoft Schedule Plus Microsoft Virtual PC Microsoft Vizact 2000 Microsoft Data Analyzer 2002 Microsoft Ofice Assistant Microsoft SharePoint Designer Microsoft Office InterConnect Microsoft Office Picture Manager Microsoft Entourage Microsoft Office Forms Server: Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server Office Live Small Business Office Live Workspace Office Live Meeting
tinus_hn 9y ago
I don’t think Skype for Business and Wunderlist have been discontinued. But my comment was more about things like ‘PlaysForSure,’ Silverlight and Windows Phone. It’s not really that big a problem they discontinued Space Cadet.
- vardump 9y ago
  > I don’t think Skype for Business and Wunderlist have been discontinued. FWIW: "Microsoft is going all in on Teams and plans to phase out Skype for Business" https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/microsoft-is-going-all-in-on-teams-and-plans-to-phase-out-skype-for-business/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/microsoft-is-going-all-in-...
  - tinus_hn 9y ago
    Okay, it’s worse than I thought. It’s hard to understand why people keep falling for this.
- bitmapbrother 9y ago
  Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/19/microsoft-to-shut-down-wunderlist-in-favor-of-its-new-app-to-do/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/19/microsoft-to-shut-down-wun...

vardump 9y ago

Looks the lists are missing at least Microsoft Forefront: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Forefront_Threat_Management_Gateway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Forefront_Threat_Man... Good riddance.

bitmapbrother 9y ago
Thanks for that. That Wikipedia entry uncovered these additional discontinued products Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager Microsoft Proxy Server Windows Essential Business Server Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Microsoft BackOffice Server Content Management Server Microsoft SNA Server Microsoft Site Server Microsoft Merchant Server Microsoft Groove Server System Center Capacity Planner Microsoft Commerce Server Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Microsoft InfoPath Microsoft Office Document Imaging Microsoft Office Document Scanning Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 Microsoft Photo Editor Microsoft Schedule Plus Microsoft Virtual PC Microsoft Vizact 2000 Microsoft Data Analyzer 2002 Microsoft Ofice Assistant Microsoft SharePoint Designer Microsoft Office InterConnect Microsoft Office Picture Manager Microsoft Entourage Microsoft Office Forms Server: Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server Office Live Small Business Office Live Workspace Office Live Meeting

tinus_hn 9y ago

I don’t think Skype for Business and Wunderlist have been discontinued. But my comment was more about things like ‘PlaysForSure,’ Silverlight and Windows Phone. It’s not really that big a problem they discontinued Space Cadet.

vardump 9y ago
> I don’t think Skype for Business and Wunderlist have been discontinued. FWIW: "Microsoft is going all in on Teams and plans to phase out Skype for Business" https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/microsoft-is-going-all-in-on-teams-and-plans-to-phase-out-skype-for-business/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/25/microsoft-is-going-all-in-...
- tinus_hn 9y ago
  Okay, it’s worse than I thought. It’s hard to understand why people keep falling for this.
bitmapbrother 9y ago
Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/19/microsoft-to-shut-down-wunderlist-in-favor-of-its-new-app-to-do/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/19/microsoft-to-shut-down-wun...