When MSFT stops supporting XP?

[Kev]

Recently, I heard that MSFT will stop support Windows 2000 (No updates
and no patches) by 2010. Basically, Windows 2000 will have a 11 years
life-span. Anybody heard anything about Windows XP and when MSFT might
stop supporting it? Could it be 2012? Assuming MSFT will give it an 11
years life-span too...

Thanks.

 

[Malke]

Recently, I heard that MSFT will stop support Windows 2000 (No updates
and no patches) by 2010. Basically, Windows 2000 will have a 11 years
life-span. Anybody heard anything about Windows XP and when MSFT might
stop supporting it? Could it be 2012? Assuming MSFT will give it an 11
years life-span too...

Thanks.

Microsoft Support Lifecycle
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/

Windows Life-Cycle Policy
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

Malke

 

[Chuck]

The only reason MS is supporting win2k for that long a period is that
business considers it the better of the current windows versions.
The XP version has too many features that stray from the IT departments idea
of what a user needs for business related tasks.
Besides that, there were significant changes after w2k that the IT
departments feel unnecessary and complicate their tasks needlessly.

I will likely use either XP or w2k on my PC's for quite some years, if for
nothing more than the projected cost of Vista.
(Let alone the licensing and verification issues, including "genuine
advantage", and useless tasks running in the task bar.)

 

[John John]

Microsoft has always said that business operating systems would have a
minimum of five years mainstream support and five years extended
support. For consumer/home products the policy was 3+3 years. Your
comments about IT departments and Windows 2000 versus Windows XP are
complete nonsense!

John