Update on Microsoft suport policy
In an earlier entry I noted that that Microsoft had previously stated that support for Windows XP Home would end on December 31, 2006. Fred Langa now reports
Microsoft finally finished updating the Lifecycle pages, so they now all say the same thing: The Dec 31 2006 dates have been erased from the support timelines for XP; and the site now consistently states: “Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this product is released.” Microsoft still has not changed its base policy (and I don’t think it will): “Consumer” products will normally have a 5-year life; “professional” or “business” products will normally have a 10-year life. But MS *is* allowing for at least a two-year transition period when a new product comes out.
That would seem to mean that support for XP will extend at least two years past the release of Vista (whenever that is).
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