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Nah. If they announced this beforehand, they'd be vilified as "trying to extort money out of their longtime customers." This way, they're hailed as saviors of t

Nah. If they announced this beforehand, they'd be vilified as "trying to extort money out of their longtime customers." This way, they're hailed as saviors of the endangered and abandoned.

melling 13y ago
No, the savior of the lazy and stupid. How much money do you think Microsoft has invested in Windows since XP? A billion dollars? But that doesn't matter because this old version of Windows does everything that we want it to do. People should have to pay for being lazy.
- JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
  Not to mention how long ago the support SHOULD have ended, but MSFT continued to extend it because of the amount of users not willing to move off of it.
  - tunap 13y ago
    "...but MSFT continued to extend it because... 2+ years of extended sales to sell more over-priced netbook trash." FTFY https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2008/apr08/04-03xpeos.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2008/apr08/04-...
    - JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
      That was six years ago, out of context of the extended support they provided.
      - tunap 13y ago
        Actually, less than four when they stopped selling XP. My point is, if they extended sales are they not obligated to extend support? "Sales of Windows XP licenses to OEMs ceased on June 30, 2008, but continued for netbooks until October 2010." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP
        JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
        Agreed. If they allowed the sale of products beyond the point of original support, we shouldn't be commending them for extending the support. My personal expectation if I were to purchase a system with an already outdated OS, is that I would receive updates for at least 2 years. Point well taken though.
dmethvin 13y ago
From a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. Before the deadline, the high maintenance cost helped scoot companies over to Windows 7. After the deadline, giving a deep discount (carrot) with supposedly hard migration deadlines (stick) may help to get another bunch of them moving. The key part is the last paragraph in the article: > It's also worth noting that there is a time limit -- which Microsoft is not disclosing -- on how long the company will continue to provide XP patches to those users who are paying for CSA coverage. And in order to qualify for CSA coverage, customers must have migration plans with quarterly deployment milestones and a project completion date.

Nah. If they announced this beforehand, they'd be vilified as "trying to extort money out of their longtime customers." This way, they're hailed as saviors of the endangered and abandoned.

melling 13y ago

No, the savior of the lazy and stupid. How much money do you think Microsoft has invested in Windows since XP? A billion dollars? But that doesn't matter because this old version of Windows does everything that we want it to do. People should have to pay for being lazy.

JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
Not to mention how long ago the support SHOULD have ended, but MSFT continued to extend it because of the amount of users not willing to move off of it.
- tunap 13y ago
  "...but MSFT continued to extend it because... 2+ years of extended sales to sell more over-priced netbook trash." FTFY https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2008/apr08/04-03xpeos.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2008/apr08/04-...
  - JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
    That was six years ago, out of context of the extended support they provided.
    - tunap 13y ago
      Actually, less than four when they stopped selling XP. My point is, if they extended sales are they not obligated to extend support? "Sales of Windows XP licenses to OEMs ceased on June 30, 2008, but continued for netbooks until October 2010." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP
      - JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
        Agreed. If they allowed the sale of products beyond the point of original support, we shouldn't be commending them for extending the support. My personal expectation if I were to purchase a system with an already outdated OS, is that I would receive updates for at least 2 years. Point well taken though.

dmethvin 13y ago

From a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. Before the deadline, the high maintenance cost helped scoot companies over to Windows 7. After the deadline, giving a deep discount (carrot) with supposedly hard migration deadlines (stick) may help to get another bunch of them moving. The key part is the last paragraph in the article: > It's also worth noting that there is a time limit -- which Microsoft is not disclosing -- on how long the company will continue to provide XP patches to those users who are paying for CSA coverage. And in order to qualify for CSA coverage, customers must have migration plans with quarterly deployment milestones and a project completion date.