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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by BoppreH on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @11:35PM (#7814556)
infosecslave said in a dead comment:

    [...] you have to consider the fact that Truecrypt project
    was started before FDE was popular, maybe their goal all 
    this time was to popularize such encryption. With XPs 
    demise that goal would have been achieved as every  
    current Windows version comes with Bitlocker.
Your comment is dead but makes a lot of sense, especially in light of the message on the website:

    The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after
    Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP.
I don't agree Bitlocker is a sensible alternative, but this piece does fit the puzzle.
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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by usefulcat on Thursday May 29, 2014 @12:51AM (#7814807)
"..as every current Windows version comes with Bitlocker."

It's only available in Ultimate and Enterprise Vista/Win7 and Pro/Enterprise versions of Win8. Lots of machines ship(ped) with only Win7 Home Premium or vanilla Win8.

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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by anaxag0ras on Thursday May 29, 2014 @01:31PM (#7817432)
One of the planned features according to the TrueCrypt website, was "Full support for Windows 8".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt#Planned_features

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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by FootballMuse on Thursday May 29, 2014 @12:56AM (#7814821)
Server 2003 is still a supported version of windows for another year.
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