That is the headline because if you hear that “support is ending for GP” just consider for a moment that WilloWare still has businesses using GP2010, which is incredibly out of the support window. It still runs, it supports their business, and it does not shut off.
Fortunately, if you own the license, the software just keeps working. These customers all have GP Partners who are committed to supporting them and helping them, and ISVs (like WilloWare) who stand by their products.
One more anecdote: A friend of mine is in IT management for a very large national insurance company. He recently told me they use an IBM Mainframe application that is at least 40 years old. They have developers who can make changes to it to address new areas of business, such as coverage options for Uber and Lyft drivers. Since the software does what they need the enormous cost to replace it would not result in a benefit to the organization.
I’m sharing these stories with you so that when you consider the Dynamics GP Lifecycle, one thing you can be sure of is that it will keep running for many years to come, and long past Microsoft’s end of support.
–Brenner