[Info-vax] Some good news !

[JF Mezei]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> End of mainstream support does not mean end of security updates.
> Security updates for XP will continue until August 4th 2014.

OK, so XP remains viable for existing systems until then.


> And when that date come I would expect that MS would sit and
> look at the people getting effected and say "we told you". Because
> that is what happen with Windows 98 and ME.

Or XP might become the 5.5-2 of VMS, with enough people still on it that
the vendor has decide to offer "prior version" support for the people
still at that version for as long as there is demand.