Likely they don't kill them because they have customers and have contracts stating support for X years. Not sure why people are surprised, its enterprise softw

Likely they don't kill them because they have customers and have contracts stating support for X years. Not sure why people are surprised, its enterprise software. Look at SAP, they "kill" their ERP every few years for end-of-life and upgrades. I don't blame them, customers don't sign perpetual deals and they expect to sign a new ones every 5-7 years for whatever the new flavor is. It's different for free products because there is no explicit end of life and it surprises people.