My machine is going to be upgraded to the next LTS, 14.04, sometime over the summer, but that doesn't change the fact that 12.04 will still be around in 2017.

My machine is going to be upgraded to the next LTS, 14.04, sometime over the summer, but that doesn't change the fact that 12.04 will still be around in 2017. More importantly, 12.04 is the most current Ubuntu LTS. It's definitely still around now.