As far as I've seen, Apple hasn't released any statements to that effect. The stated reason the last two big security patches were not made available to 10.6 Snow Leopard is because the problems they were patching were introduced in 10.7 Lion.
I don't think Apples vague maybe/maybe-not support policies really help much.
The actual story is still pretty cool, however.
I love the photos, but I'd also like an article about the machines they restored/re-built/hacked to recover this stuff.
Hey look, some idiot hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and it's "news" because it was a Tesla.
Also, if the gap was too big, his foot might get trapped in between, which I'd imagine is more hazardous?
They told him he performed like Windows 8?
The words they used were worse than Windows 8. That's what really stung!
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.