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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."
However it's time to update to Windows 8!
It's raining here in Illinois, how's the weather there in Redmond? W8 is, from what I've read, NOT an upgrade in any way. If you're upgrading from XP, upgrade to W7. That is, if the hardware is powerful enough to run it.
I think it's borderline criminal to not support an OS until the last computer running it is in a landfill. If the engine in your '57 Chevy blows up, you can still get it repaired and replaced. If MS didn't write such buggy software, it wouldn't have to be supported. Security updates are only to fix the developer's fuckups. MS should be forced to support all the software they've been paid for that's still in use.
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