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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On 2013-06-24 05:48, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> Ali,
> 
> On 06/23/2013 03:31 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> 
>> For how many years now, a Windows XP Users has been using XP?
> 
> Potentially since 2002 (technically, since 31 Dec 2001).  So up to 10.5
> years.
> 
>> Do they really update it?
> 
> Yes, usually automatically via Windows Update.  You can use Windows
> Update, or you can use WSUS, or you can use all manner of other 3rd
> party management systems to help ensure your XP machines are as updated
> as they can be.
> 
> XP Extended support continues until 08 April 2014.  Mainstream support
> officially ended 14 April 2009.  See
> 
>   http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?ln=en-gb&c2=1173
> 
> So even if we take 14 April 2009 as "end of support" for the average
> user, (and there have been security updates for XP since then), that is
> an XP support lifetime of 7 years, 3 months, 2 weeks.  Let's call that
> 87.5 months.
> 
> That makes 9 months look a little short, doesn't it?  Lubuntu 13.10 will
> have ten times less support lifetime than XP.
> 
> I'd think Lubuntu working with a major project like this, and suggesting
> or recommending a slightly modified timeline (so it can benefit from a
> LTS release) would be seen as a positive thing, if handled appropriately
> and professionally by our communications people :)

Yes, a slightly modified timeline (so it can benefit from a LTS release)
'14.02 or 14.03' like Jackson Doak suggested

> I wonder if they set a March date because extended support for XP will
> end in early April 2014?  If so, how they get support for XP for that
> intervening 2 weeks or so could be something that needs thinking about,
> if we want to propose a late April date for the mass Lubuntu 14.04
> distribution.
> 
> Jonathan
> (who manages IT support for over 100 companies that between them *still*
> run at least several hundred Windows XP workstations, today in 2013, as
> part of his day job!)
> 
>