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Microsoft Urges Businesses To Get Off XP
An anonymous reader writes "It's approximately 11 years since Windows XP was unveiled, and this week Microsoft was still at it trying to convince users that it's time to upgrade. A post on the Windows For Your Business Blog calls on businesses to start XP migrations now. Microsoft cites the main reason as being that support for XP ends in April 2014, and 'most new hardware options will likely not support the Windows XP operating system.' If you run Windows Vista, Microsoft argues that it's time to 'start planning' the move to Windows 8. As this article points out, it's not uncommon to hear about people still running XP at work."
Farewell XP. You did good. For all these years XP has been one of the most successful products of Microsoft's family. This can be seen by its huge market share and general popularity. However it's time to update to Windows 8!
On that note, I think it would be good to say goodbyes to Windows Vista too. Windows 7 and 8 are truly better and the only OS we currently need, on top of Mac OS X. That trio is something beautiful and hard for anyone to break.
a) it is fast even on old hardware,
No it isn't. If you upgrade XP it runs slow. Slow Hardware runs slow.
b) it is supported by at least one good, secure Web browser (hint: not MSIE),
For business? Businesses use IE, and the smart people break the policy and install other Browsers. Business use IT, because there are still too many stupid companies who think Active X was a good idea.
c) it supports about 15 years worth of professional applications (some of which are not available anymore), and
If your application isn't available anymore. You are putting your company as risk.
d) upgrading == (pain + time) && (upgrading != c)
Lazy ass IT.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.