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Google To Support Windows XP Longer Than Microsoft

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-it-aint-broke dept.

An anonymous reader writes in that Google plans to support XP longer than Microsoft. "Microsoft will officially retire its Windows XP operating system early next year, but Google on Wednesday announced it will continue to support its Chrome browser for the platform through at least early 2015. The Mountain View, Calif., Web giant announced it will keep sending out updates and security patches to the Windows XP version of Google Chrome 'until at least April 2015.'"

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  1. The headline should be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google To Support Windows XP Longer than Its Own Fucking Products

    Really, who cares about this kind of marketing Gotcha stunt. It's for the likes of eweek and cnet to analyze.

  2. Re:Google WTF are you doing? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I hadn't already commented, I'd give you +1 Funny for using the future tense when describe when the system is going to get owned.

  3. Re:Google WTF are you doing? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it ain't broke...

    If it weren't broke, they wouldn't be getting new fixes every second Tuesday.

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