This is massively bad news if both CalDAV & EAS support will be ixnayed by google before end of year.

I have been a long time android user and had every intention of continuing down that path, but recently my job has required me to use Exchange ActiveSync to access my corporate mail & calendar data on my device, its a bit of a hassle but at least it's supported.

Does this mean that future versions of android will not have support for such a (common business related) setup?

If this is true I foresee it alienating a large portion of their user base.