Microsoft Corp. has announced that it plans to end support for older versions (or operating systems running older service packs) in the coming months. On April 13, the Redmond-based software giant will cease support for Windows Vista RTM (Windows Vista without service packs). On July 13, it will end support for all versions of Windows 2000 and also for Windows XP SP2.
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Yeah right. Seemed like the last update I did on my laptop, it damn near crashed by system (malware issue), and we expect to trust these people? I don't think so! Microsoft needs to be more alert when it comes to these updates and what they do to their systems. Hell, at least Mozilla has a better track record (in terms of fixing bugs at a decent response time) than Microsoft ever will!
I'd like to know why updates even on 7 still require a reboot. It's 2010, but not for Microsoft. 'Waste my time and CPU cycles with virus scanners, spyware-vulnerable software, and updates which require a reboot' -- Microsoft motto
And after July 13, it will be pretty much the first time I'm RELYING at all upon unsupported software. But I'll tell you why. It's XP, it's slim, it's fast, and it comes with the same amount of crap you get in 6 GB of installing 7.
What this definitely means is that IE 9 won't be getting to XP. As a web developer, I better get my VM for Windows 7 (slimmed with vLite) ready.
