BEx and BO Reporting

Hi Gurus,
Came to know that SAP will not support BEx from 2009 or so? IS it true? SAP is encouraging BO, as already BO has been started as front end for BI. What is the further of Bex and BO?
Waiting for the reply.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Ananya.

ananya,
No that's not correct .. have a look at this doc
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10c3bca6-7dbc-2a10-7aa8-81d2731c7bb1
regards
Fazal

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This isn't mine - it may even be yours - but just in case anyone looks at this thread, here it is
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