MS to discontinue extended support for WinXP Home 2008

[Tiger Shark]

maybe MS will except trade-ins

ROFLMAO.....

I'd send that to BG if I were you.... He probably needs a good giggle too....

[Tiger Shark]

maybe MS will except trade-ins

ROFLMAO.....

I'd send that to BG if I were you.... He probably needs a good giggle too....

[rapier57]

I'm trying to figure out where you're getting 8 years. XP has only be out in official release since about 2002 (four years). We're only on SP2, btw. I used Win2k server and workstation for just over three years and was at SP6 before leaving it behind. We won't even go into NT 3.x and NT 4.x.

Even so, eight years, yes, is a very long time for an OS. While it may not be as evident as it was in the 90's, hardware keeps getting better and more capable. The OS's have to keep up. I went from a PC XT to a 486 in one jump. A lot of the old stuff I used to run on the XT just wasn't up to running on a 486DX.

Also, keep in mind the economics of the product life cycle. I hear a lot of folks complaining about the cost of XP. We are getting a bargain in comparison to some (midrange and big iron) where long life cycles and perpetual support are the norm. If Microsoft were to maintain and provide extended support indefinitely for all the OSs (98, ME, XP), we would be paying more than $1,000 per copy for the next OS, and Microsoft would have three times the employees.

Problem is, MS couldn't maintain that level of production because the consumer wouldn't pay for it.

Even open source moves on. I sure wouldn't try to run and maintain a Linux 1.x version today.

[rapier57]

I'm trying to figure out where you're getting 8 years. XP has only be out in official release since about 2002 (four years). We're only on SP2, btw. I used Win2k server and workstation for just over three years and was at SP6 before leaving it behind. We won't even go into NT 3.x and NT 4.x.

Even so, eight years, yes, is a very long time for an OS. While it may not be as evident as it was in the 90's, hardware keeps getting better and more capable. The OS's have to keep up. I went from a PC XT to a 486 in one jump. A lot of the old stuff I used to run on the XT just wasn't up to running on a 486DX.

Also, keep in mind the economics of the product life cycle. I hear a lot of folks complaining about the cost of XP. We are getting a bargain in comparison to some (midrange and big iron) where long life cycles and perpetual support are the norm. If Microsoft were to maintain and provide extended support indefinitely for all the OSs (98, ME, XP), we would be paying more than $1,000 per copy for the next OS, and Microsoft would have three times the employees.

Problem is, MS couldn't maintain that level of production because the consumer wouldn't pay for it.

Even open source moves on. I sure wouldn't try to run and maintain a Linux 1.x version today.

[morganlefay]

I'm trying to figure out where you're getting 8 years. XP has only be out in official release since about 2002 (four years). We're only on SP2, btw. I used Win2k server and workstation for just over three years and was at SP6 before leaving it behind. We won't even go into NT 3.x and NT 4.x.

Sorry to correct you here...


But W2k is at sp 4.....plus a gazilion patches
NT is at SP6a..........plus

And I agree with you....new hardware drives new software

MHO as always

MLF

[morganlefay]

I'm trying to figure out where you're getting 8 years. XP has only be out in official release since about 2002 (four years). We're only on SP2, btw. I used Win2k server and workstation for just over three years and was at SP6 before leaving it behind. We won't even go into NT 3.x and NT 4.x.

Sorry to correct you here...


But W2k is at sp 4.....plus a gazilion patches
NT is at SP6a..........plus

And I agree with you....new hardware drives new software

MHO as always

MLF

[rapier57]

Yeah, well, I'm old. I get to have the little lapses now and then.

Thanks for the correction.

[rapier57]

Yeah, well, I'm old. I get to have the little lapses now and then.

Thanks for the correction.

[dalek]

Yeah, well, I'm old. I get to have the little lapses now and then.

Me too......I think the date 2008 got stuck somewhere, and it came out like 8 yrs while I was typing it out....which makes it sound worse now as it is only 6 yrs..........

[dalek]

Yeah, well, I'm old. I get to have the little lapses now and then.

Me too......I think the date 2008 got stuck somewhere, and it came out like 8 yrs while I was typing it out....which makes it sound worse now as it is only 6 yrs..........