Microsoft ending support for Windows XP

I still find NT4 and 2000 systems in use :wtf: :D

Think XP (and Windows7) will be with us for a long, long time to come...
 
Microsoft has announced that it is ending support for the Windows XP operating system on April 8, 2014.
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LOL, I'm still on XP on my workstation ... was supposed to be off it by March 2013. I can still see me being on this way past the sell-by date. :D
 
Would be cool if they made XP free after they stop supporting it.
 
I wish I could move all our office machines over to Linux, only thing holding me back is certain software applications we need that only run on Windows. F U Windows!
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I wish I could move all our office machines over to Linux, only thing holding me back is certain software applications we need that only run on Windows. F U Windows!
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+1

I have 20 or so XP PC's to upgrade but I must go to Win 7 for compatibility with certain software. Was going to buy the retail upgrade from Makro but no downgrades allowed on retail licenses (I called M$ today) so must buy volume licenses at 4 times the price or buy through software assurance.

M$ licensing is a huge PITA.
 
There new CPUs vs Cores model is damn expensive if you have lots of clients using the a DB.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I wish I could move all our office machines over to Linux, only thing holding me back is certain software applications we need that only run on Windows. F U Windows!
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Why not [-]Zoidberg[/-] VirtualBox?
 
ginggs said:
Why not [-]Zoidberg[/-] VirtualBox?
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That's a horrible idea :D

Getting some users who barely know how to turn computers on to use applications in Virtualbox, I'll get burnt at the stake!

EDIT: And still have to deal with MS licensing.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Getting some users who barely know how to turn computers on to use applications in Virtualbox, I'll get burnt at the stake!
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It's not that hard. Give your users some credit.
DrJohnZoidberg said:
EDIT: And still have to deal with MS licensing.
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You already own the XP license for the guest. Don't need a license for the Linux host.
 
ginggs said:
It's not that hard. Give your users some credit.

You already own the XP license for the guest. Don't need a license for the Linux host.
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It just makes it unnecessarily complicated and means I will have to attend to more support calls, the exact opposite of what I want to achieve :)

I am looking at slowly removing the need for a MS server though, I am now looking at replacing Exchange but the only thing holding me back is Windows Server as an AD controller.
 
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