Is Microsoft Abandoning NT4?
March 29, 2003. Microsoft will not offer a version of a security patch for NT 4 has called into question the company’s earlier promise to continue supporting the operating system through the end of 2004, and has raised concern among its customers. An analyst from Gartner is quoted as saying “Part of [Microsoft’s] logic is, ‘We don’t want to encourage people to stay on Win NT 4…” Failure to Patch NT Flaw Causes Concern IDG News Service. March 28, 2003. Users question Microsoft’s promise to support the aging version of Windows.