Microsoft's Windows XP countdown widget: oh, the irony

Hilarious, but true. Microsoft, as part of its drive to get people and companies to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 (and you really ought to, you know: Windows 7 is more secure and it was designed in the 21st century so it knows about things like SSDs, which make your computer go like a rocket) has developed a little Windows widget that you can use to count down the days until that moment in 2014 when XP hits its End of Support (which gets its own TLA: EOS).

So, that's a widget to get people and companies off Windows XP. With us so far?

And here's the page. Mmm... yes... System requirements... "Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista."

Microsoft's XP countdown widget: it won't run on XP.

We look forward to lots of stories and people who upgraded so that they could run the widget to tell them how long it was until they had to upgrade.

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Microsoft's Windows XP countdown widget: oh, the irony

Omitted, but true. Microsoft, as part of its drive, people and companies to obtain migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 (and you should really, you know: Windows 7 is more secure and developed in the 21st century, so that it knows about things like SSDs that to go your computer like a rocket) developed a small Windows widget that you can use to count down the days until that moment in 2014, if XP end of hits, support (which gets an own TLA: EOS).
So, this is a widget to get people and businesses from Windows XP. With us so far?
And here is the page. MMM... Yes... System requirements... "Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista."
Microsoft XP countdown widget: It is not running on XP.
We look forward to many stories and people who updated, so that they the widget to tell them how long it was until they had to be upgraded.

View the original article here