The approaching death of Windows XP may upset you, but it shouldn't come as a
surprise. Microsoft Corp.'s product life-cycle guidelines have foretold the
fate of XP since 2001. In fact, Microsoft has been killing off one version of
a product as it is replaced with another for years now. But this time around,
the approaching demise of XP is getting more attention than, say, the final
passing of Windows 2000...
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