Nah. If they announced this beforehand, they'd be vilified as "trying to extort money out of their longtime customers." This way, they're hailed as saviors of the endangered and abandoned.
> It's also worth noting that there is a time limit -- which Microsoft is not disclosing -- on how long the company will continue to provide XP patches to those users who are paying for CSA coverage. And in order to qualify for CSA coverage, customers must have migration plans with quarterly deployment milestones and a project completion date.
FTFY
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2008/apr08/04-...
"Sales of Windows XP licenses to OEMs ceased on June 30, 2008, but continued for netbooks until October 2010." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP
If they allowed the sale of products beyond the point of original support, we shouldn't be commending them for extending the support.
My personal expectation if I were to purchase a system with an already outdated OS, is that I would receive updates for at least 2 years.
Point well taken though.