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Should Microsoft Be Required To Extend Support For Windows XP?

Posted by timothy on from the here-you-hold-the-thumbscrews dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If Windows XP were a photocopier, Microsoft would have a duty to deal with competitors who sought to provide aftermarket support. A new article in the Michigan Law Review argues that Microsoft should be held to the same duty, and should be legally obligated to help competitors who wish to continue to provide security updates for the aging operating system, even if that means allowing them to access and use Windows XP's sourcecode."

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  1. Re:An Alternative Law by hawguy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I think they are going about this the wrong way. The Gov't should be sending Death Squads to kill all members of any household still running XP, or running any version of IE less than 10. Brutal? Maybe. But, boy will it do wonders for the social lives of us Web Developers.

    Of course, it would also put a lot of web designers out of a job if they no longer need to spend hours working around quirks in older browsers, so be careful what you ask for.

  2. Re:Where do you draw the line? by Kaenneth · · Score: 4, Funny

    The disasters caused by Y2K were so quickly forgotten...