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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Realistically they have committed to this timeline for all their products.
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy
The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy took effect in October 2002, and applies to most products currently available through retail purchase or volume licensing and most future release products. Through the policy, Microsoft will offer a minimum of:
10 years of support (5 years Mainstream Support and 5 years Extended Support) at the supported service pack level for Business and Developer products
5 years Mainstream Support at the supported service pack level for Consumer/Hardware/Multimedia products
3 years of Mainstream Support for products that are annually released (for example, Money, Encarta, Picture It!, and Streets & Trips)
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Generally I have seen MS bless places that bought XP licenses and still ran 9x and Win 3.1 back in those days. I would think the practice is still practical.
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