>> If the manufacturer stops making something, you can't buy it any more.
>> (At least, not new.) I would have described this as an "obvious fact"
>> rather than a mere "opinion".
>
> You would be wrong. You can generally buy new/unused/not pre-owned
> "things" for some time after they have been discontinued. Some people
> make a living out of it.

You can certainly by used items for a long time after it stops being 
made. But you cannot, for example, buy a "new" Pentium II. They don't 
make them any more.

>> Or am I actually that stupid that I've missed something?
>
> You are not stupid but you make assumptions without checking properly.
> For instance I looked on ebay

You saw software for sale on ebay, and you think it's *legal*??

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