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Is Windows 2000 being phased Out??

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by aalicea

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I keep hearing that windows 2000 will be phased out in the near future. That Microsoft won't support it after 2002. Is there any truth to this statement

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by james r linn

The best place to go for this information is to the source: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle.asp

Its says Windows 2000 will go into the extended phase on March 31,2003. This means that only OEMs will be able to sell it, and the only patches will be paid ones.

Non supported is usually 1 year after that.

So if your organization is on Windows 2000 now, you can probably stay for a year or two without difficulty. If you are still on NT 4.0, you might want to think about XP.

James

by sinbadthecat

microsoft is losing this battle in the court system and they will have to support the product for a time

by avanturis

Windows 2000 is not being phased out yet but will only have a true workshelf life of another year and a half. Then all support will be terminated for 2000. The follow up is XP pro and then in 2003 sometime they will release I believe Blackcomb, a new OS or maybe Whistler not sure which is coming out first but they both are replacements for 2000 and possibly XP but not sure if as much multimedia as XP since most work environments don't require it.

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