Windows XP officially an endangered species
THE World Wildlife Fund has moved Windows XP to its endangered list, meaning that its life and habitats are protected by law. Anyone with an old beige PC that still works must leave it undisturbed or face a heavy fine. Microsoft yesterday ended support for Windows XP, meaning the vulnerable operating system is now defenceless against predatory malware and elderly users. A WWF spokesman, after explaining once again he had nothing to do with Wrestlemania, said: âOperating systems need to be in the wild, living free, not just a CD-ROM or a stack of floppies in some museum. âBut tragically there are now only a handful of PCs out there still running Windows 95, and those numbers are dwindling all the time. âWeâre acting now to protect XP before itâs too late, though we wonât be doing the same for Vista. Some evolutionary dead-ends should be left to die.â Joanna Kramer of Durham said: âMy dadâs computer, which takes 20 minutes to upload a Wikipedia page, is now fenced off and guarded by WWF officers with tranquilizer guns. âApparently the standalone wood-effect computer workstation with keyboard tray and integrated printer stand itâs on is also very rare, so the back bedroomâs going to be declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest.â