Microsoft makes it easy to get confused with licensing issues, and the topics under discussion are ones I've written a lot about here in the past. In fact, by my calculations XP will be officially and completely out of all sales channels in early 2015. No, you will not be able to buy a PC with Windows XP downgrade rights in 2020. Yes, Microsoft is extending downgrade rights for Windows XP. Here's the short version: ComputerWorld missed a few important details in its calculations and thus reached the wrong conclusion. She referred to something she had read in ComputerWorld, and I said, "Really? XP is going to still be around in 2020? How could I have missed this?" So I took a second look at the Windows Team blog post, and a closer look at the licensing rules that all these dates are based on, and then I checked in with a Microsoft spokesperson to confirm my calculations.
But then I saw that my colleague Mary Jo Foley had picked up on the story last night ( Windows XP gets yet another reprieve from Microsoft). I saw the announcement and didn't think much of it.
Yesterday, in a post about Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Microsoft announced they were extending downgrade rights for Windows XP.
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