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EOL isn't a term "in computing", it's a general retailing term and can be applied to anything
Sorry. I didn't know -- edited slightly. Thanks for pointing it out :)
Dysprosia 12:07, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Much improved. Please excuse my grumpiness - hard day at the office. :)
Tannin
Unnecessarily derogatory?
Microsoft may be a prominent example of setting EOL dates, but doesn't 'notorious' imply that seting EOL dates is a bad thing? If a business is expected to support its products indefinitely, that incurs continuous expense with diminishing returns, thus raising expenses in other areas. This is bad both for the business and the consumers, to whom the expense of perpetual support almost certainly falls. --
Mattmcc21:35, 29 July 2005 (UTC)reply
Product support is a different phase of engineering life cycle - that's a maintenance phase, not EOL. I think the article needs to point out that there is a cost for every phase of
life-cycle, with EOL cost needing to be planned. --
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01:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)reply
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EOL isn't a term "in computing", it's a general retailing term and can be applied to anything
Sorry. I didn't know -- edited slightly. Thanks for pointing it out :)
Dysprosia 12:07, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Much improved. Please excuse my grumpiness - hard day at the office. :)
Tannin
Unnecessarily derogatory?
Microsoft may be a prominent example of setting EOL dates, but doesn't 'notorious' imply that seting EOL dates is a bad thing? If a business is expected to support its products indefinitely, that incurs continuous expense with diminishing returns, thus raising expenses in other areas. This is bad both for the business and the consumers, to whom the expense of perpetual support almost certainly falls. --
Mattmcc21:35, 29 July 2005 (UTC)reply
Product support is a different phase of engineering life cycle - that's a maintenance phase, not EOL. I think the article needs to point out that there is a cost for every phase of
life-cycle, with EOL cost needing to be planned. --
71.245.164.83 (
talk)
01:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)reply