MS' failed attempt to market Windows 8 for the "B C N U TONITE!!! ZOMG!!" airhead generation shows they recognize this, but so far have not been able to do anything about it.
Where I work, we last updated our Windows products in 2004. It will be at least another 3-4 years before we do so again.
Just about everyone who needs an office suite now has one which is quite adequate for their needs.
Judging by those dates your systems are seriously out of date and wide open to hackers and malware.
Not something to be proud of.
Hopefully you don’t deal with any kind of sensitive customer data.
If you haven’t updated your system in 10 years you’re running XP client and server 2003 (not even r2 release). Hard to believe. But good luck with that.
“Where I work, we last updated our Windows products in 2004. It will be at least another 3-4 years before we do so again.”
Server 2003 and XP SP3 is a great stable platform. However, it requires several 3rd party products to protect it. IPS, IDS, firewall, HBSS and a robust set of GPOs at a minimum. But it will work and saves money versus continual upgrading and VMware licensing.
I recommend eventually migrating to Server 2012, Exchange 2013 and Windows 9 clients in a Windows Hyper-V full virtual environment using zero client workstations (LAN-permitting). This will save your company the most in licensing and hardware costs and also electricity. These savings can be substantial and should be able to pay off the cost of the upgrade in a few years.
which is the missing thought in todays progressive atmosphere.
I have a flip phone ... what? .. milk and eggs ? ... OK, I love you
it's a frikkin' PHONE ... not a strain your eyes computer.
There always HAD to be a point when 'the kids are so much smarter today than when I was a kid' .. came to an end.
blue collar, here
Where I work, we last updated our Windows products in 2004. It will be at least another 3-4 years before we do so again.
Running XP Embedded? I think that's when it's EOL is.