Google To Support Windows XP Longer Than Microsoft

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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The headline should be

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Google WTF are you doing?

[CohibaVancouver]

Just let XP finally die...

Why? My retired parents have a Gateway PC that runs perfectly fine and runs XP perfectly fine. Doesn't crash, doesn't blue screen, they just turn it on and it works. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Re:Google WTF are you doing?

[Neo-Rio-101]

The trouble is that unless it's going to stay disconnected from the internet, one day it's going to get owned, and then you'll need a upgrade plan and you won't be in any position to make a transition because your PC is toast.

Re:Google WTF are you doing?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

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.

Re:Google WTF are you doing?

[bill_mcgonigle]

If it ain't broke...

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