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Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by thaumasiotes on Monday June 24, 2013 @11:50AM (#5933673)
As I understand it, XP wasn't meant to do that either; the fact that it lasted so long was more of a series of mistakes on Microsoft's part in getting a replacement out the door. I'm happy to be corrected, though.
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Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by yuhong on Monday June 24, 2013 @03:28PM (#5935101)
Even if Vista wasn't delayed, XP would have received security update support for at least 10 years after release.
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Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by bskap on Monday June 24, 2013 @08:34PM (#5936711)
Microsoft has insanely long support cycles for their products. Windows 8 will be supported until January 10, 2023. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/lifecycl...
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