NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Windows XP, which debuted nine years ago in 2001, will continue to be with us for yet another decade.
Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) announced late Monday that it would allow some Windows 7 customers to buy Windows XP “downgrade” licenses until January 2020. Those licenses allow customers to swap out the newer operating system and instead install a legal copy of the older one.
Full story: Microsoft to keep selling Windows XP through 2020 – Jul. 13, 2010