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Set Your Watches For the End of Windows XP

Posted by timothy on from the why-don't-they-just-apt-get-the-next-version? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In one year today exactly, Microsoft will shut down support for Windows XP. The deadline will prove a challenge for many of Australia's largest users of IT, all struggling to migrate to new Microsoft environments." Net Applications' chart of current OS market share figures shows XP only slightly behind Windows 7, even now.

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  1. Who calls MS for support? by AmazingRuss · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have never heard of anyone doing this.

    1. Re:Who calls MS for support? by FuzzNugget · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nobody. They call you.

      This is Windows support calling, your system has an infection.

  2. Re:Is this the point in time.. by Antarell · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah cause that's working so well for Apple. Oh hang on...

  3. Re:Microsoft Abandoning Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    More a sign that the world is abandoning Microsoft.

    Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Windows 8 Has Failed, Now What?

    The rise of tablets and smartphones has shaken up the once dominant “Wintel” PC paradigm. In an attempt to re-establish its supremacy, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) designed Windows 8 to be a hybrid operating system, useful on a variety of platforms.
    But Windows 8 adoption has been poor -- consumers seem baffled by the changes. Meanwhile, Windows tablets are selling poorly, and Windows Phone remains in fourth place.

    http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/microsoft-corporation-msft-windows-8-has-failed-now-what-110483/

  4. Re:Is this the point in time.. by c0lo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Attempt to resurrect some old "code":

    Hi,

    I am an Albanian virus but because of poor technology in my country
    unfortunately I am not able to harm your computer. Please be so kind
    to delete one of your important files yourself and then forward me to
    other users.

    Many thanks for your cooperation!

    Best regards,
    Albanian virus

    --
    Questions raise, answers kill. Raise questions to stay alive.