Thursday, July 15, 2010

Windows XP SP2, Thanks for the Memories


So this week brought the last security patches for Windows XP SP2. Interesting that XP SP3 will be supported until 2014. The 2020 date was somewhat misleading but is explained here:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/xp-in-2020-not-even-close-read-the-fine-print/2270

Hard to believe XP came out in 2001 and SP2 came out in 2004. Time to think about Windows 7, and the pain of getting rid of, replacing or re-writing those legacy apps. As I heard someone say the other day, the only constant is change.