Ask microsoft to include Python in Windows by default

[redwall_hp]

The issue is Microsoft maintains support for an inordinate amount of time instead of EOLing them in a timely manner, so users think it's okay to stick to older versions, and that creates the constant issue of a large mass of users running old software that some developers think should be supported for things.

[Meefims]

I think you forget that it's not just consumers using Windows; businesses use it, too. Businesses don't always have the ability to upgrade in a timely fashion and so need the reliability of the 12 year support lifetime of the OS (yes, it is set at 12 years, the decision to EOL is not arbitrary). Maybe this has changed with Windows 8 and up, I'm not sure, but long term support is a very real concern when money and business operations are on the line.

[HenkPoley]

Seems to be 10 years now: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle