You can now brag that the software is out of support.
Which yeah, doesn't mean absolutely anything for existing software that is still working and requires the old version to run. If by any chanche you need to support that configuration, the "official" deprecation simply means "good luck!" and a pat on the back.
Just like XP, I've seen plenty of shops with custom software that still requires XP+IE6+activex that still get active development, because a total rewrite is out of the question when changes are small (and that is totally understandable as well).
The poor folks though will need to containerize and isolate everything from any network though to keep it somewhat safer. If they do that at all.
Heck, I've heard of DOS still being used in industrial applications. If it ain't broken, don't fix it... though I would hope these systems are air-gapped from the rest of the world and not connected to any network.
Which yeah, doesn't mean absolutely anything for existing software that is still working and requires the old version to run. If by any chanche you need to support that configuration, the "official" deprecation simply means "good luck!" and a pat on the back.
Just like XP, I've seen plenty of shops with custom software that still requires XP+IE6+activex that still get active development, because a total rewrite is out of the question when changes are small (and that is totally understandable as well).
The poor folks though will need to containerize and isolate everything from any network though to keep it somewhat safer. If they do that at all.