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olivierva · 2017-07-18 15:10:00+00:00

Look another product they will retire in about a years time.

coned88 | karma 577 | avg karma 3.22 · | 2014-11-22 19:26:39+00:00

The problem with these products is in 3-4 years it will not be sold anymore.

Moru | karma 3002 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2017-02-28 23:50:20+00:00

And discontinued next year?

michaelt | karma 31037 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2020-06-04 11:40:02

Not well enough to make a product they didn't end up discontinuing.

craftinator | karma 662 | avg karma 0.48 · | 2021-01-27 21:05:01

They discontinued that in 2022.

GiorgioG | karma 3813 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2022-07-26 09:52:17

And they retired the program sometime in 2019.

x220 | karma 682 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2019-11-01 23:23:49

And in 2024 they cancel the product line and cease all product support despite the large and passionate user base.

amoshi | karma 381 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2021-10-23 06:32:34

...that's being "retired" at the end of 2021 so an alternative for ~2 months only.

ja2ke | karma 750 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2011-08-18 20:25:59

They're solving that by no longer releasing products.

cudder | karma 165 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2024-04-09 12:41:57

I wonder when they'll discontinue them.

AndyNemmity | karma 1885 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2023-01-21 00:04:56

They stopped that a while ago, they are just another company now.

lmm | karma 42440 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2015-11-26 15:28:38

Which they're not making any more, which suggests there isn't enough of a market to sustain it.

makz | karma 192 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2020-08-31 20:12:45+00:00

Every time a company does this, they discontinue the product after some months. Let's see if that changes this time, but I doubt it.

user5994461 | karma 11133 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2019-06-05 23:01:25

They probably don't pay for it. The hardware is decommissioned after a few years of usage.

toyg | karma 35240 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2011-06-21 09:40:15+00:00

Yeah but the product teams have long moved on by now.

lurker14 | karma 606 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2011-12-30 17:58:28+00:00

Why is it a shame that they haven't retired something cool?

Narishma | karma 3253 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2013-09-09 07:46:04

They stopped making them earlier this year.

seanp2k2 | karma 6618 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2015-05-06 16:54:52+00:00

No, but any company doing something interesting which they acquire can expect to have their product discontinued in a couple of years max.

bildung | karma 3757 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2015-09-08 09:46:25

And likely not available anymore a year from now.

smegger001 | karma 1918 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2024-06-21 19:43:29

because they dont make it anymore