Debian 5.0 support for VMware ESX 3.5/4.0/ESXi 4.1

[Piotrek P <to.think.about@gmail.com>]

Dear All,
Please be aware that VMware ESX 3.5 is NOT supporting any of Debian as Guest OS.
Please be aware that VMware ESXi 4.1 IS supporting Debian 4.0, 5.0 as Guest OS.
Please be aware that VMware ESX 5.0 IS supporting Debian 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
as Guest OS.

I would like to ask:
- What does it means for users of Debian 5.0 on ESXi 4.1 if support of
Debian 5.0 will end?
- What about repositories of Debian 5.0?
- How can I obtain informations about major changes in packages that
were changed in Debian 6.0 and future releases?
- What is official statement of VMware about not supporting newest
versions of Debian OS?
- How is it possible to be updated if VMware is not supporting newest
version of Debian OS?

Many thanks for answers.

Best regards,
Peter P.