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How so? Microsoft never promised it would support XP forever. EOLing old versions is a standard and widely accepted industry practice. Just buy (or install for free) a newer operating system. Buying a license to run Windows XP on your computer does not entitle you to unlimited amount of free labor from Microsoft. If you think that makes XP suck, nobody forces you to buy it or keep using it. Are you also expecting Linus to still make patches for Linux kernel 1.0?


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