Comment The world would be a better place with less XP (Score 1) 577
Microsoft would have stop selling and supporting XP after 5 years. Off the top of my head most Linux distros support for 2-3 years, some 5, and redhat has the new 10. For that reason I had to change what I tell people to use from Ubuntu 6.06 to Centos 5. I know this is apples to oranges, but I like apples and oranges.
How would the 5 years effect source code? Would this allow people to just use Linux 2.4 or what ever is 5+ years old and sell things without having to show their new source? I would foresee a forking of code coming if ip expired after 5 years.