Snow Leopard updates? How much longer?

Now that Lion is out, what happens with Snow Leopard? Does Apple keep the security updates going for awhile?

What has been typical in the past? I like the pioneers to take the arrows on new software upgrades like Lion. I'll wait awhile.
I've only had a MAC for 18 months, so I'm not familier with their OS upgrades. In the windows world, XP seemed to last forever, not that I would want to go back to that fiasco of a world. My PC at work is a pain. This MAC just......works!

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