[bbatha]

They didn't leave Xp users out to dry. Remember those forced free windows 10 updates they pushed out?

The xp support schedule was available from day one. These companies knew exactly what they were getting into. Microsoft even extended the support period for xp on several occasions. It's galling that we as software professionals see this as malfeasance by the entities running xp still. They've had close to a decade to upgrade. Software is not a durable asset, it comes with an expiration date on the box.

This isn't just about security patches there are pieces of xp that fundamentally insecure, which is partially Microsoft's fault, but on the other hand the driver model which is one of the weakest parts of xp is the thing that kept many of these companies from upgrading.

[boznz]

I dont really have any opinion here but as a correction the "forced free windows 10 updates" only included Windows 8 and 8.1 not vista and XP.