Experts claim that Win XP was retired on April 8, 2014

December 18 news, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft had previously announced that the Win XP operating system will be suspended on April 8, 2014, and some security researchers are doubtful about whether the operating system will retire on time.

After April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer issue official security upgrades or bug fixes for legacy operating systems. Of course, Microsoft will continue to provide related services to such high-priced contract companies.

Of course, those computers running Win XP system will not suddenly "strike", but the loopholes discovered after the system's retirement date will be vulnerable to hackers.

Some observers believe that the indiscriminate use of Win XP will lead to thorny events. Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a market research firm, said: "If the defects of the Win XP system suddenly cause large-scale Internet problems, such as large-scale denial of service attacks, this will become a global technological crisis. In this case, I believe that Microsoft will have to make the right choice, that is, release the patch software."

However, there are also people in the industry who hold different views. According to John Pescatore, an analyst at market research firm Gartner, “I think Microsoft definitely affirms its position. Its support for Win XP is longer than any other. The version of the Windows operating system does not cause moral problems."

Pescatuo pointed out that the only thing he can think of is that Microsoft may extend the use of Win XP due to corporate user factors rather than security issues. Microsoft may continue to support the system as a way to retain customers, in order to avoid more loss of market share.