Microsoft are making it known that support for Windows 7 and other products will soon be changing. Vista and Win 7 will see extended support until the early 2020's but it seems Microsoft wants to close the chapter that was originally called 'Longhorn'.
Mary Jo Foley writes in her article:
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Windows ended its Mainstream Support for Microsoft's black sheep of operating systems, Windows Vista, which began its Extended Support phase. This means that while Vista users will receive security updates, they're going to have to pay for patches for the next five years.
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