statement, confirmed that these reports were inaccurate. And it further confirmed that users that are still on the 13-year-old operating system will receive updates:
“We expect all versions of Java that were supported prior to the Microsoft de-support announcement to continue to work on Windows XP for the foreseeable future. In particular, we expect that JDK 7 will continue to work on Windows XP. Security updates issued by Oracle will continue to be pushed out to Windows XP desktops. Users that download JDK 7 from java.oracle.com or java.com will continue to be able to install on Windows XP.”This last bit is important, as a large number of software programs depend on Java, and security vulnerabilities are often discovered — only to be patched later. The company hopes that by the time 2015 is out, most users would have upgraded from Windows XP.]]>
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Can’t blame ’em. Java is obviously going to continue to support anywhere it’s financial smart for them to do so. As long as a good majority of people are using XP and have an incentive to, then I would expect java to support them.
I concur. Hard to blame Java and other companies for continuing to support XP if it makes them money. It’ll be up to Microsoft to end XP users and therefore stop companies like Java from supporting Windows XP.