See inline /Nio 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!) > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
