Google To Support Windows XP Longer Than Microsoft 154
An anonymous reader writes in that Google plans to support XP longer than Microsoft. "Microsoft will officially retire its Windows XP operating system early next year, but Google on Wednesday announced it will continue to support its Chrome browser for the platform through at least early 2015. The Mountain View, Calif., Web giant announced it will keep sending out updates and security patches to the Windows XP version of Google Chrome 'until at least April 2015.'"
Wine or ReactOS Opportunity (Score:5, Interesting)
It would be hugely amusing if one of these projects announced (even in jest) that they were would continue to issue patches for XP after EOL.
Re:Google WTF are you doing? (Score:4, Interesting)
Not really. The OS does not protect you against the internet, because it has only minimal contact with it. Most attacks will not come through the router, and client based attacks should be prevented by the browser. Using XP with Chrome throughout 2014 may not be a dangerous as some people fear, as long as Google includes workaround for relevant flaws of the OS such as font handling.