According to Microsoft, the extended support for SQL Server 2000 is completely gone as of April 9. 2013.
As you can see in the table (follow the link below) there is NO date after 2013-04-09. That means that the support is officially over. There will probably be no more updates, security fixes or patches anymore – even if you would need it!
But the most important piece of information, in my opinion, is that the general support ended 8. april 2008. That fact leads me to presume that most consultants does not have a real reason to preserve the SQL Server 2000 specific knowledge cached in their brains. There are actually not that many consultants who master the 2000 anymore…
Change it. Now. To something closer to 2012.
Mikael Wedham 