[GreenKeys] OT: Microsoft to support Windows XP for an additional year...

WA5CAB at cs.com WA5CAB at cs.com
Thu Dec 1 23:56:19 EST 2011


I have avoided Windows Millenium, Vista and 7 for obvious reasons (none of 
them work).  I have never until tonight heard anyone mention 8.

In a message dated 12/01/2011 22:21:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
w3nu at roadrunner.com writes: 
> Something seems wrong here. "End of mainstream support" for XP was in 
> 2009, and "end of extended support" for XP has been April 8, 2014. It 
> also seems odd that this article makes no mention of Windows Vista, 7, or 
> 8.
> 
> 73 de W3NU
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/1/2011 2106, DR HOUSE wrote:
> >Microsoft will support their very popular XP Operating System through
> >December of 2013.
> >This is a years extension from their previous announcement.
> >
> >Projections show most on-line use will continue to move to very smart
> >phones and tablets.
> >Many have already made this change.
> >
> >Most PC's will be used for large projects such as publishing, editing
> >video's, storing personal data... taxes, spreadsheets, etc.
> >The NEXT GEN TV's... APPLE TV, SONY, etc will look more like smart
> >tablets filled with a very large supply  of applications.
> >Broadcast TV stations will have to adapt or fall the way of print
> >media .

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