As someone who spends a good portion of each day, talking clueless users
through various support issues I can agree that this is probably the
primary reason or withdrawing access for older verisons. There are
exceptions. Borland/Imprise has made all of the older DOS compilers
available through thr "Borland Museum". Membership and registration is
required as well as a no support/non-commercial use click-wrap license,
but they are there for all to download and use. Lineo released all of
the GEM and CP/M programs and soucr code available for hobbyist use
only. There are a few examples of companies taking a different approach
for older product.
Jeff Garrison wrote:
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Apple has to protect itself from "customers" who would insist on free
support for System 6, and sue Apple for negative results from the use of it,
as other companies like Microsoft, Corel, Claris, Adobe would try to do.
If there was a method of supporting these aged products and making a profit
doing it, there'd be a rebirth. But I don't think there's enough of a
"hobbyist" base to make it work.
Jeff G
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