Except at a certain point, none of their products will work with XP and as they shift from perpetual to subscription licenses and service contracts, the value of a shop that hasn't paid in X years is disappearing all the time.
Losing those customers might be a good thing, at least if urge can still retain some business.
They gave the OS 13 years. Ask RedHat to do that. Or Google. (not even going to mention Apple for mass enterprise installations, that's not their target anyway).
Moreover, Microsoft can still argue that it's cheaper to migrate to. New Windows than a brand new system. Or you know, try to offer a VMWare or Citrix style solution to cut down on machine/licensing costs.
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Except at a certain point, none of their products will work with XP and as they shift from perpetual to subscription licenses and service contracts, the value of a shop that hasn't paid in X years is disappearing all the time.
Losing those customers might be a good thing, at least if urge can still retain some business.
They gave the OS 13 years. Ask RedHat to do that. Or Google. (not even going to mention Apple for mass enterprise installations, that's not their target anyway).
Moreover, Microsoft can still argue that it's cheaper to migrate to. New Windows than a brand new system. Or you know, try to offer a VMWare or Citrix style solution to cut down on machine/licensing costs.