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    one for UK XP fans!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by sasanac, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7017624.stm

    "Customer demand has forced Microsoft to extend the shelf life of Windows XP by five months.
    Microsoft was scheduled to stop selling the six-year-old operating system on 30 January 2008 to leave the field clear for Vista."

    In a statement Mike Nash, Microsoft's Windows product manager, said: "...maybe we were a little ambitious to think that we would need to make Windows XP available for only a year after the release of Windows Vista."

    I wonder if that means tech support will be extended by 5months too..

    *edit... perhaps not just UK XP fans I guess in hindsight..
     
    sasanac, Sep 28, 2007
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    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    Now if we can just get the computer makers to quit selling Vista only systems!
     
    Eleison, Sep 28, 2007
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    I read this this morning, I think good news, XP is going to be around for a while. I kept 98 till 2006.
     
    powerpack, Sep 28, 2007
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