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Windows XP Dies Final Death As Embedded POSReady 2009 Reaches End of Life (techrepublic.com)
New submitter intensivevocoder shares a report from TechRepublic: Extended support for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 -- the last supported version of Windows based on Windows XP -- ended on April 9, 2019, marking the final end of the Windows NT 5.1 product line after 17 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Counting this edition, Windows XP is the longest-lived version of Windows ever -- a record which is unlikely to be beaten.
Despite the nominal end of support for Windows XP five years ago, the existence of POSReady 2009 allowed users to receive security updates on Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 through the use of a registry hack. Microsoft dissuaded users from doing this, stating that they "do not fully protect Windows XP customers," though no attempt was apparently made to prevent users from using this hack. With POSReady reaching the end of support, the flow of these security updates will likewise come to an end.
Despite the nominal end of support for Windows XP five years ago, the existence of POSReady 2009 allowed users to receive security updates on Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 through the use of a registry hack. Microsoft dissuaded users from doing this, stating that they "do not fully protect Windows XP customers," though no attempt was apparently made to prevent users from using this hack. With POSReady reaching the end of support, the flow of these security updates will likewise come to an end.
Technology never dies, as long as someone is using it.
However a Dead technology means there is no more support or new products from its licensed company.
We still have MS Dos 3.0 systems fully functioning and used for business.
There are still people making games for legacy systems such as the Commodore 64
But they are dead technology too, because there is no official point of support.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Meanwhile, the oldest Linux kernel still supported is 3.16, first released in 2014.
If your server is still running Linux kernel 0.01 you are completely allowed (thanks to the copyleft GPL it is licensed under) to upgrade all the way to the current 5.1-rc4.
If your marchine is running Windows XP (and don't get me about Windows 2.0 or MS-DOS 2.0), you're hosed. You can't get updates for that version, and you need to buy a new "upgrade license" to get something newer. (though from time to time some of these upgrade are free).
From the point of view of how Windows is handled, Linux is a single product which only differs by build numbers.
"Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
MS gives a big FU to anyone who foolishly built a system on their OS. Let that be a lesson.
Lesson learnt. 19 years of support for their software, clearly the absolute best in the OS industry. I can't find a Linux, BSD, Apple, or any other OS that still has that original version supported.
The retail version of Windows 10 (FPP) is perpetually licensed and has an extended support lifecycle until 2025. That means anyone who paid for a boxed copy is covered until 2025 for security updates at a minimum. Windows 10 LTSB 2016 can't become subscription ware as it is licensed with a 10 year fixed lifecycle and Windows 10 LTSC 2019 also cannot be since that's covered until 2029.
You're more likely to find Microsoft replacing Windows 10 with their latest Windows Core OS open-source project and charging for ancillary services like MDM, Active Directory, OpenID, e-mail and such with support from the Azure cloud. Even if people opt-out of the cloud, Microsoft can simply pass on savings to cloud customers without providing any requisite reduction in cost to users wanting on-premises under the Client Access License (CAL) or Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) pricing models. Heck, Microsoft's Azure services already wreck small IT support providers in terms of overall costs even given how cheap SPLA prices currently are! In the future, it may no longer be economically sane to pay 3rd parties for support when Microsoft can do it cheaper and often better.
Remember that Microsoft already won the e-mail war, with small businesses being routinely migrated to the platform, despite the repeated outages 365 has suffered! Also, ask yourself this: How many other services offer 100GB inboxes with full indexing, repeated anti-malware scanning, per-tenant encryption (with optional per-message encryption) and unlimited fully-searchable archiving?
Microsoft don't need to play dirty with Windows to win, in fact, open-sourcing appears to be their game plan to shutting down competition currently!