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OPLIN 4cast #329: The end is nigh
April 10th, 2013

RIP headstoneIn the technology world, success can be a problem. If a 
technology is good enough that users don't want to give it up and move 
to something newer, companies can find themselves faced with the problem 
of supporting outdated products instead of focusing on new things that 
take advantage of advances in technology. And it's not just companies; 
look at the Library of Congress' continuing efforts 
<http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/> to get catalogers to use newer 
metadata technology. Microsoft has faced this problem a few times in its 
history and has taken to setting deadlines after which they will simply 
no longer support or upgrade a product. So consider yourself warned: You 
won't be using Windows XP (for example) forever.

  * Windows XP decline stalls as users hold onto aged OS, flout 2014
    deadline
    <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238049/Windows_XP_decline_stalls_as_users_hold_onto_aged_OS_flout_2014_deadline>
    (Computerworld/Gregg Keizer) "In the last 12 months, Windows XP has
    dropped an average of 0.68 percentage points, while in the 12 months
    prior it fell by 0.83 percentage points. In other words, in the
    second half of a 12-month stretch, XP's decline slowed by 55%; in
    the second year of a two-year span, it slowed 18%. The slowdown
    paints a picture that must depress Microsoft, which has been banging
    the upgrade drum
    <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218330/Microsoft_revs_dump_XP_campaign_says_time_to_move_on_>
    at Windows XP users for nearly two years, and has repeatedly warned
    them that free security updates will stop after April 8, 2014."
  * The Windows XP deadline cometh
    <http://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2013/04/windows-xp-deadline-cometh.aspx>
    (Redmond Channel Partner/Scott Bekker) "In technical terms,
    Microsoft is ending extended support for Windows XP. That means no
    more public, paid support per incident, per hour or otherwise; no
    more security updates; and no more guarantees that there will be
    Windows XP information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base or in other
    online resources."
  * The Internet Explorer 6 countdown
    <http://www.ie6countdown.com/educate-others.aspx> (Microsoft) "The
    web has changed significantly over the past 10 years. The browser
    has evolved to adapt to new web technologies, and the latest
    versions of Internet Explorer work with modern web sites while
    helping to protect you from new attacks and threats."
  * Goodbye Hotmail, hello Outlook
    <http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/tech/web/microsoft-outlook-hotmail/index.html>
    (CNN Tech/Harry McCracken) "The company is announcing that
    Outlook.com is coming out of preview mode and is now officially
    available worldwide. And so it's going to start moving more than 300
    million Hotmail users over. They'll be able to keep their
    Hotmail.com e-mail addresses - or Live.com or MSN.com, if that's
    what they've got - but the Hotmail service and brand will be going
    away."

*/Stubborn fact:/*

If you look at a graph 
<http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0> 
of current market share, Windows XP is still used on almost 40% of 
desktop computers, just slightly behind Windows 7.
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