Why Microsoft refuse to further support W2K

[keen2know]

There's no IE7 and Mediaplayer10.
Isn't that illegal?

 

[Tom Willett]

Why would it be illegal?

| There's no IE7 and Mediaplayer10.
| Isn't that illegal?
|

 

[Bob I]

There's no IE7 and Mediaplayer10.
Isn't that illegal?

There is no legal basis to require support, so how could it be illegal?!?!?

 

[Cooler]

There is no legal basis to require support, so how could it be illegal?!?!?

Moreover, it's a Good Thing!
Instead of offering XP eye candy to W2K, I would prefer solution to
these random, but apparently too often update problems...

/KH

 

[Paul Greeff]

Check out the following:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/extend
edsupport.mspx

Exerpt from that page:
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Overview
. On June 30, 2005, the Windows 2000 product family enters the
Extended Support phase, which continues for at least 5 years through June
2010.

. Microsoft offers a minimum of 10 years' support (5 years Mainstream
plus 5 years Extended) for business and developer products. The Microsoft
support life-cycle policy provides predictable coverage of Microsoft
products and continues to set the standard for product support policies
industry-wide.

. Microsoft is not ending support for Windows 2000. During the
Extended Support phase, Microsoft continues to provide security hot fixes
and paid support but no longer provides complimentary support options,
design change requests, and non-security hotfixes.*


Note: The Update Rollup for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) is the final
release of Windows 2000.

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And also http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ (referred to in the exerpt
above)

The levels of support have changed, but MS is still supporting 2000.

 

[Guest]

Troll? Isn't that what your mother raised?

 

[M.T.Richards]

search microsoft website Explorer 7 and media player 11 available out of
beta mode

 

[keen2know]

That's not true. Microsoft recent newer softwares such as IE7 and Win
Media Player 11 will not install in W2K. I think is is illegal when
company announce it support but non of the recent released components
are upgradeable other than a minor security patches.

 

[Gary Smith]

I doesn't much matter what you think. The fact is that it's perfectly
legal to discontinue support for an operating system -- or any software,
for that matter -- at any time so lomng as the company has not violated
any contractural obigations. Since you have no contract, there's no
possibility of such violation. "Support" means precisely what Microsoft
says it means, not what you would like it to mean.

 

[Bob I]

1. You need to learn a little bit more about what extended support phase
means.
and
2. You need to learn what the meaning of illegal is.