Microsoft Starts Neglecting Windows XP as Supported Platform
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-12-18 03:09:42 UTC
- Modified: 2009-12-18 03:09:42 UTC
Summary: The status of Windows XP as a platform Microsoft cares about is waning
Microsoft
already neglects Windows XP when it comes to security. Maybe they are running out of developers who are familiar with the code or maybe they just can't be bothered obeying their promises of long-term support. Based on the
following new story, Microsoft is starting to neglect non-Vista (including
Vista 7) versions of Windows, perhaps
pushing for unnecessary "upgrades" that way.
Microsoft explains why the upcoming Office 2010 will not support Windows XP 64-bit nor Windows Server 2003.
Gone so soon. 64-bit is
still not a priority at Microsoft, either. Existing users of XP are advised
to try GNU/Linux, which would not require new hardware.
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"Microsoft, like much of the IT industry, was caught off-guard by the rapid rise of the netbook category, but moved quickly to offer a netbook-specific version of XP Home to stem the tide of Linux on netbooks."
--CRN
Comments
NotZed
2009-12-18 04:58:40
AMD64 support isn't terribly important for most desktop users - it just adds a huge mess of compatibility crap, and uses more disk and memory. So for the extra hassle you don't seem to get any benefit. Went back to 32-bit on all my machines because it just didn't seem worth it. For OS authors the architecture is somewhat simpler and cleaner than x86, but there aren't enough extra registers or anything useful to make it that much benefit for applications, after taking into account the much increased code size.
Yuhong Bao
2009-12-19 04:55:40
Roy Schestowitz
2009-12-19 08:49:02