Windows XP- going going but?

[Robinb]

After careful review, Microsoft will end sales of Windows XP products on
June 30, 2008. For customers who want Windows XP after this date, original
equipment manufacturers will have several options to provide Windows XP
using downgrade rights. Mainstream support for Windows XP will continue
through April 14, 2009. Additionally, Microsoft Extended Support will be
available until April 8, 2014.

you can see it here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

robin

 

[RobbL]

A BIG mistake, IMHO.

 

[Robinb]

you got that right!
robin

A BIG mistake, IMHO.

 

[Melvin \(math\) Klassen]

Microsoft will end sales of Windows XP products on June 30, 2008.

you can see it here

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx


Read it carefully:

Direct OEM and Retail License Availability (end date: June 30, 2008)
System Builder License Availability (end date: January 31, 2009)

So, XP will available in "retail" until June 30th. Buy it now (or wait for
the "inventory-close-out:" sale).

However, if you buy a "white-box" computer-system from any System Builder,
they will still be able to obtain and include a validly-licensed copy of XP
until February 2009.

Mainstream support for Windows XP will continue through April 14, 2009.

All this means is that official "product enhancement" requests will not be
accepted after this date.
Note that "product enhancement" is quite different from "security-patches".

Additionally, Microsoft Extended Support will be available until April 8,

2014.

Notice that Windows 2000 is in "Extended Support" -- Microsoft continues to
release security-related updates for it.

Similarly, security-related updates for XP will be available for another 6
years (minus a few days).
Note that April 8th 2014 is a "Microsoft Patch Tuesday" (2nd Tuesday of the
month),
i.e., any security-vulnerabilities within XP _not_ fixed by April 2014 will
_never_ be fixed.

So, don't panic, just yet. Keep using XP until your hardware dies, or until
May 2014
(the first "Microsoft Patch Tuesday" for which _no_ security-updates for XP
will be announced).

 

[Aymincendiary]

If mainstream support is discontinued in April of 2009, then the 70-270 exam
will retire by then too?

Please clear this up for me since I plan on taking this exam.

Thanks!

Chris