Google today stuck a finger in Microsoft's eye, telling users of Windows XP that its Chrome browser will support their aged operating system a year longer than will Microsoft's Internet Explorer.



From Computerworld:

We're extending support for Chrome on Windows XP, and will continue to provide regular updates and security patches until at least April 2015," said Mark Larson, Chrome's director of engineering, on a company blog Wednesday.

Google's goal was to "support Chrome for XP users during this transition process," added Larson. He was referring to the impending retirement deadline for Windows XP, the fact that millions of PCs still run the 12-year-old OS even with that deadline less than six months away, and the likelihood that tens of millions -- perhaps hundreds of millions -- of machines will continue to do so after the do-not-use date.

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