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Originally Posted by Lady Stardust
And yet, they ended support for Office for Mac 2011 in 2017  And no free upgrade, I would have to pay for Office for Mac 2016 or 365. |
Office is a different story.
It's an application, not a platform.
Different rules.
The OS is tied to the hardware and you can't move it to a different system, whereas you can migrate an Office license to different hardware when you buy a new computer. The OS being tied to the hardware makes having usable hardware with an unsupported OS is bound to be annoying, especially if it keeps you from accessing full functionality. Apps don't typically become riskier or lose functionality when support ends.The
(That's where the Win10 support rule of "hardware usable life" makes sense.)
It really an, ahem, Apples and Oranges situation, OSes and applications.
How long does Apple support, say iWork?
From what I hear, the current version 13 doesn't support documents from version 9, 2009. So they supported it for 5 years? That's about right for applications. Few consumer applications get more.
Now, enterprise applications are a different breed but mostly because support is paid for. Those get supported as long as money money money keeps rolling in.