@Dave
C'mon Dave! I don't expect a soaring intellect from everyone here, but you're better than that. I really don't know if I'm to take you seriously.
You've taken my own post and thrown it back at me with slight modifications, which for the most part makes little sense...
Not to be rude, but in my view your post is little more than unsubstantiated fluff.
Look. You (and those on your side of the argument) are the ones claiming to actually know what Microsoft's update policies are, and how they intend to apply those policies to current WP8 devices. I claim only that neither I nor anyone else can know those policies, given only the sparse statements MS has so far made on the topic.
So, apparently, you want me to
substantiate that I
don't know something? That's obviously a logical fallacy. My claim that something is currently unknowable is the premise of my entire argument, so turning the bulk of my own post against me makes absolutely no sense. Hence, I'll just concentrate on the sections you modified.
We know based on the core upgrade that it is possible and will work with the new core.
Not every possibility is turned into reality. Technically, WP8 also ran on WP7 hardware, but that update didn't happen either.
You say MS wont upgrade WP8 devices to future OS releases.
Yes, and you are saying the same thing. You've just forgotten. Some future OS release
will not run on current WP8 hardware. Neither you nor anyone else on this site disputes that a cut-off point exists. The question is not "if", but "when". Apparently, you are privy to Microsoft's roadmap and know where this cut-off point lies. So, why not just tell me and be done with it then?
I have no doubt that WP8 will receive many updates. I
think WP8 devices will get the 'Blue' update. IMHO, that is perfectly acceptable and I wouldn't be at all bothered if current WP8 devices wouldn't get the next big update after that. I know little about Microsoft's plans after 'Blue', so I don't pretend to know. Do you know, or are you too just making assumptions?
Many here at WPC are practically guaranteeing, that all WP8 devices will get this WP9 update, which IMHO this is fact.
So, which is it, "your humble opinion", or "fact"? It's either opinion or fact. It can't be both. If this is a fact, and even just a shred of evidence exists to back it up with, I should be easy to convince. Why haven't you?
Daniel Rubino and Jay Bennett who seldom makes statements that they can't back up with insider information, stated this on the WPC podcast.
Daniel and Jay do a fantastic job. The world would be a better place if everyone was held to their standard of journalistic integrity. I've enjoyed many of their podcasts, but decided to skip the last one because I'm not that interested in hearing about individual apps and games. Apparently that was a mistake. I'll check up on it later. If either of them say they have solid evidence that WP8 devices will get updated to WP9, then I'll gladly believe them and stop spreading uncertainty.
However, if their evidence is based on insider information, then that entirely validates my point! If you need insider information to know, then all those yelling at me don't know. They are just pretending to know.