I think it comes down to Microsoft could not strong arm folks in to windows 10 that failed so now they maybe strong arming companies that use windows and and make them go windows 10 or newer only or nothing at all
the only key to microsofts success is they got everyone hooked and trapped in to the proprietary dictatorship OS 's
lets face it only reason I use windows is for the ease of gaming out side of that Linux does everything else just as good or better for free to use and open source
if I could point and click inistall load and play all the games on Linux as you can windows they [Microsoft ] would be out the door
you can see from comments from articles as this a lot feel the same
http://www.pcmag.com/news/351565/amd-ryzen-processors-will-support-windows-7
''Microsoft will not add support for new processor architectures to Windows 7, it's up to AMD to produce all of the necessary drivers itself for both the processor and the AM4 socket chipset. It's unclear exactly why AMD would go to the trouble of doing this beyond making Ryzen accessible to the widest possible market.''
ya , AMD seeing Microsoft hurting there sales limiting the use of there products i'll bet it will work great out of the box under Linux
well looks like a update to that story [notice no public user comments anymore ]
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3167279/computers/amd-sorry-there-will-be-no-official-ryzen-drivers-for-windows-7.html
use to be they supported you and your needs but now you got to support them and there needs as in you do as they want not as you want - what do you think , that's your personal computer ???