Support for Windows NT 4.0 expired after eight years in June 2004. Support for Windows 95 expired in December 2001. While Windows 2000 has enjoyed a ten year run, other earlier operating systems did not.
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Planned obsolescence is a key element of software product management and marketing. In July 2010 the Extended Support for Windows 2000 will also expire. Mainstream Support for Windows 2000 ended in June 2005. The much shorter lifecycle of software suggests that it will usually not survive as long as the equipment it serves. The lifetime of industrial machinery and other capital equipment, however, is often 20 or more years of useful operation. Microsoft’s Lifecycle Policy for business and developer products provides 5 years of Mainstream Support and 5 years of Extended Support, during which time necessary Security Updates are available for a total of 10 years.
Unfortunately, these industrial Windows applications, like their counterparts in office networks, are also vulnerable to known and new Windows security loopholes that keep being discovered and can be exploited.
Microsoft Windows operating systems are widely used for networked industrial automation equipment. Migrating to a new operating system can be time-consuming, disruptive, and expensive.Īre there any better alternatives? This article presents one proven solution. Any manufacturer with industrial applications based on Windows 2000 may wisely be considering a newer operating system right now, in order to remain in production with the needed security support.
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