Microsoft beats Windows XP users into submission

[JMH]

What shameless exploitation. I know PC sales are slow, with Windows 8 giving no lift. So Microsoft resorts to this? Today, Stephen Rose issues an ultimatum: Windows XP support ends in 365 days. From April 8, 2014, there will be no more patches and updates for you.

How outrageous! Microsoft cuts off XP users thirteen-and-a-half years after releasing the operating system. My leather jacket is older, and the clothier who made it isn't forcing me to buy a new one. Nor does Texas Instruments demand I upgrade from the calculator purchased in college. If users want to run Windows XP forever, Microsoft should let them. Instead, it's compute at their own risks or upgrade.

America is all about freedom and spreading the right to choose across the planet. So why is the company located here, which long had the goal of putting a PC in every home, working against choice? Actually, choice anchors Microsoft marketing. But no longer. First Internet Explorer 6, and now Windows XP. If customers choose to run both products for even a quarter century, shouldn't Microsoft support them?

Microsoft beats Windows XP users into submission

 

[Will]

This article does actually appear to be a parody...

I imagine there will still be a significant percentage of companies running XP in a year, as well as numerous users in certain markets. As linked in the above article, here is an excellent blog post detailing the reason why support is ending for XP.
365 Days Remaining Until XP End Of Support. The Countdown Begins

 

[LilBambi]

Yep, sadly true. Just as many still used Windows 2000 after it was no longer supported...