I imagine there are a whole pile of HP customers right now that are vowing to never trust HP again
What are you nuts? Just because they are discontinuing a product does not mean that they close the doors and never mention it again. By announcing that this is the last version, they give their customers PLENTY of time to research and implement a new solution, while still having a supported version. Unlike a company like IBM, which sells you a server and then promptly stops supporting it the next week, (no lie, this just happened to me).
This is one of the best things that a company can do, and it builds trust. I think it is clear that you don't know what you're talking about.
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Wow you're brilliant. Why do you even post?
But they are giving them 5 years until it is not supported. If you can't hack that, well, your business has got larger problems.
What are you nuts? Just because they are discontinuing a product does not mean that they close the doors and never mention it again. By announcing that this is the last version, they give their customers PLENTY of time to research and implement a new solution, while still having a supported version. Unlike a company like IBM, which sells you a server and then promptly stops supporting it the next week, (no lie, this just happened to me).
This is one of the best things that a company can do, and it builds trust. I think it is clear that you don't know what you're talking about.