Alby_da_Wolf on 09 July 2009
Unless they extend Home versions' support, like they did with XP, but it's not always granted, XP Home is the first and up until now only not professional version to get support longer than promised, as it's granted the same lifecycle as Pro, and even Pro received longer than usual support, one year more. But normally only "professional" versions are granted at least 5 years mainstream + 5 years extended support, more if the successor OS is released more than 3 years after, as MS grants for professional products at least 5 years mainstream support AND at least 2 years after successor release, plus 5 years extended support after mainstream expires.
