What a joke.
No one claimed classic wont happen, there was just no reason for it to happen.
Now that all their old games are been remastered it is only natural to get classic and maybe even TBC and other expansion servers.
WoW has been alive for so long longer then many other games out there its only normal for this to happen.
Retail will be alive even if it means it will sustain classic because without retail you cant play classic even if you want to.
Retail is the machine keeping your pipe dreams alive at this point regardless of how bad it might be.