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I think that's way too long to extend it until. Extending it to 2 years, or possibly 3 years then fair enough, but an extra 10 years just goes against, like you said, phasing XP out altogether.
Read the full article here.Neowin.net said:
I thought the goal was to KILL XP
I think that's way too long to extend it until. Extending it to 2 years, or possibly 3 years then fair enough, but an extra 10 years just goes against, like you said, phasing XP out altogether.
If I remember correctly, Microsoft also said that the extended support life cycle for XP w/SP3 would end in 2014. Doesn't that usually mean no more updates, patches, etc? And by 2020 Microsoft will probably be rolling out Windows 10 or 11.
This is the real reason why Vista was so crappy. MS ensured that nobody would want to use it after anything else came out. With XP, they had something that works and lots of businesses and such would rather just stay with it.
Friend of mine works for a company with over 50,000+ worldwide employees and they just gave him a new laptop last week with XP on it. They are still evaluating Windows 7 for future use.
This makes no sense. Support for XP ends in 2014 yet people can still downgrade to it until 2020. Is Microsoft actually promoting using an outdated OS?
That's funny because doesn't Windows XP SP3 support end in 2014?
I'd be almost willing to bet that if MS allows you to downgrade until 2020...they will extend support until 2020 for the OS as well.
By 2020, XP will be 19 years old!!! That would be even worse than still using Windows 95 today! Just end XP in 2014....