On: Microsoft chops the price of custom Windows XP patches

[tunap]

Actually, less than four when they stopped selling XP. My point is, if they extended sales are they not obligated to extend support?

"Sales of Windows XP licenses to OEMs ceased on June 30, 2008, but continued for netbooks until October 2010." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP

[JimmaDaRustla → tunap]

Agreed.

If they allowed the sale of products beyond the point of original support, we shouldn't be commending them for extending the support.

My personal expectation if I were to purchase a system with an already outdated OS, is that I would receive updates for at least 2 years.

Point well taken though.