I am grateful to MS, by cutting off an OS every few years, hoping to force us to spend money on a new OS we do not need, they are providing that extra push needed for us to move over to Linux. I am now, sometimes, using Mint and once I have learnt how to use wine on it, I am very likely to make it my regular OS.

The faster it heappens, the better, for I hate the idea of supporting Gates.