>I can see discontinuing the creation of new MSKB articles or even
>investigating the cause of future problems with the product. But to remove
>what help already existed seriously reeks.

I can't say I disagree, but it's not something I had any input into or control over. Besides, I suspect that you won't find any KB articles that apply to products on the obsolete list.

And there are always old copies of the MSDN library to look at, if you've saved them -- who knows, maybe somebody on eBay would be selling. :-) (I don't know if it's legal to sell old copies or not...)