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I think this contest is a good thing. It might put pressure on customers to demand products with longer support lifecycles, which in turn forces vendors to off
by Hackbraten 2y ago
I think this contest is a good thing.
It might put pressure on customers to demand products with longer support lifecycles, which in turn forces vendors to offer longer support and/or make their software and APIs open source once support ends.
- wpm 2y ago>It might put pressure on customers to demand products with longer support lifecycles It won't. It'll allow vendors to put pressure on customers to buy new shit to replace their old shit that still works just fine that the vendor would rather not spend the resources patching.
- Hikikomori 2y agoEU might have something to say about it.
- throwaway48476 2y agoPossibly but a website that says 'vendor vulnerable' is bad PR and readers won't care if it's EOL or not.
- teeray 2y agoIt puts pressure on regulators to realize the shitty situation MBAs create when they EOL products that aren’t reaching revenue targets.