No, the savior of the lazy and stupid. How much money do you think Microsoft has...

JimmaDaRustla · on April 17, 2014

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 · on April 17, 2014

"...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-...

JimmaDaRustla · on April 21, 2014

That was six years ago, out of context of the extended support they provided.

tunap · on April 22, 2014

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

JimmaDaRustla · on April 23, 2014

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My personal expectation if I were to purchase a system with an already outdated OS, is that I would receive updates for at least 2 years.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.