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I'm a Windows XP Diehard. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
But Microsoft is pulling the plug in April and while your XP will continue to cruise along, no more security updates. That is not going unnoticed given how many people like me, are still running XP.
Some food for thought:
Perspective: Microsoft risks security reputation ruin by retiring XP - Computerworld
which says:
Unfortunately for Microsoft, they may have backed themselves into a no win situation:
I bet that Microsoft gives a last minute extension, and maybe a couple of others.
It's a little like implementing the tax penalties for people who don't buy health insurance. No one can seem to bring themselves to actually pull the trigger.
But Microsoft is pulling the plug in April and while your XP will continue to cruise along, no more security updates. That is not going unnoticed given how many people like me, are still running XP.
Some food for thought:
Perspective: Microsoft risks security reputation ruin by retiring XP - Computerworld
which says:
The problem that Microsoft has only occasionally touched on is that Windows XP powers a massive number of personal computers around the world. According to Internet measurement company Net Applications, 29.5% of the globe's PCs ran XP in February. Using estimates of the number of Windows PCs now in operation, that "user share" translates into approximately 488 million systems.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, they may have backed themselves into a no win situation:
Microsoft has never faced this situation before, with a soon-to-be-retired OS running a third of all the Windows PCs worldwide. So on one hand it's not surprising that it has stuck to its guns, and is pushing XP into the sunset and forgetting it.
But by doing that, it could hurt itself as much as the customers who end up with an infected XP system.
But by doing that, it could hurt itself as much as the customers who end up with an infected XP system.
I bet that Microsoft gives a last minute extension, and maybe a couple of others.
It's a little like implementing the tax penalties for people who don't buy health insurance. No one can seem to bring themselves to actually pull the trigger.