Oh, how I wish should mattered.
Not to disagree with you, but I personally know of installations of turnkey systems for Windows XP planned for after 2013.
It's an incredible pain, but it's not in any way an insurmountable problem, and if you're in the kind of place that it happens, solving these sorts of problems is a well-honed hammer (and a strong drink after work).
Oh, how I wish should mattered. Not to disagree with you, but I personally know of installations of turnkey systems for Windows XP planned for after 2013. It's an incredible pain, but it's not in any way an insurmountable problem, and if you're in the kind of place that it happens, solving these sorts of problems is a well-honed hammer (and a strong drink after work).