<p>What's the general consensus on supporting Windows 2000 for software distribution? Are people supporting Windows XP SP2+ for new software development or is this too restrictive still?</p>

[{'answer_id': 11803, 'author': 'Tim Sullivan', 'author_id': 722, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/722', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>"OK" is a subjective judgement. You\'ll need to take a look at your client base and see what they\'re using.</p>\n\n<p>Having said that, I dropped support for Win2K over a year ago with no negative impact.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 11805, 'author': 'Grant', 'author_id': 30, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/30', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>A lot of computers at my company use Win2k, so we couldn't really drop support. It all depends on the client base.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 11807, 'author': 'Sam', 'author_id': 428, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/428', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>With XP being 5/6 years old now, I think most home users will be using it, but many business users may still be using it. all in all, it depends on your target audience.\nPersonally I would regard Windows 2000 support as a bonus rather than a requirement.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 11808, 'author': 'Andrew Grant', 'author_id': 1043, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1043', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>This is very subjective, it really depends who you're selling to.</p>\n\n<p>If it's average Joe then Windows 2K owners are going to be at best a percent or two of your target market. If it's the military (who I believe still run 2K on their toughbooks) then you're in trouble.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 11825, 'author': 'Tyronomo', 'author_id': 713, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/713', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>Its fine by me :)\nThe company i work for (mining and construction) with &lt;15k employees and we don't support Wink2k and have not for a while.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 13133, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>I'd say MS have made the decision for you if they themselves wont support it in .NET 3.5.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 13134, 'author': 'Ed.', 'author_id': 522, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/522', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I would say yes, as most have switched to XP or vista, from what I can tell.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 13141, 'author': 'GhassanPL', 'author_id': 1536, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1536', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>The latest version of WinRAR still supports Windows 95. Think about it, why is that? It's because WinRAR solves a extremely common problem - of unpacking a file. People still use older systems not because they like them, but because they are forced to by the hardware. If you're making a video game, sure, drop support for anything below XP SP2, but if you're making a program that solves a specific task, like converting an RTF to PDF, I don't see a reason not to support other systems.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 24718, 'author': 'DrPizza', 'author_id': 2131, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2131', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>It is not merely "OK"; it is a good idea.  Anything to encourage the laggards to keep current is a good thing.</p>\n'}]
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