[saurik]

The entire reason many of us like Microsoft is because they generally don't assume stuff that works fine is "obsolete" merely because it is old.

[Shorel]

OTOH, they seem to use the word "legacy" for lots of stuff, both from them and from competitors.

Which is in several cases the best solution and much better than their latest offering.

[tinus_hn]

Perhaps for third party software but an operating system like Windows 2000 is obsolete because there is a newer, better version for sale and Microsoft clearly does not offert support for it.

[walterbell]

There are older systems with custom hardware that continue to function, offline, using older operating systems. Some industrial and medical.

[tinus_hn]

So what kind of support do you think Microsoft provides for these offline systems? Using downloads on their website?

[walterbell]

Windows 7 extended support is available until 2023.

[tinus_hn]

Yes, if you install the updates that Microsoft made available over a year ago, that enable SHA-2 support.