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?
