[lucb1e]

> What matters is not when Windows XP was originally released, but when its official support ended

Well, or when a serious replacement arose (because XP was aging at that point). Vista was quite alright if you had a beefy computer, but for the majority I guess it took until 7, which would be July 2009.

Not saying you're wrong or that support should be dropped, I'm just not sure end of support is the best date to use.

[lostapathy]

I think end of support is a pretty good metric. If Microsoft won’t keep the underlying platform safe, one could argue it’s ethically problematic but to continue to encourage people to use it.