Want Windows XP? You Can HAVE It!
Hopefully you read that title the way Steve Ballmer probably meant to say it on Thursday. You know, emphasis on the "HAVE" in a sarcastic way. Although I'm sure he didn't say it that way, he probably wanted to.
Speaking at a news conference in Belgium, where he was to announce the establishment of an "innovation center" in the Belgian city of Mons, Ballmer gave XP fans a little hope. Ballmer said:
"XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smarter but right now we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments."The end-of-life plan for XP states that - with the exception of ULCPCs - Microsoft will stop licensing Windows XP to computer makers and end retail sales by June 30.
Microsoft has been quite adamant about the end of XP. It's strange that he made his "if customer feedback varies" statement, because if Microsoft bothered to listen, they'd know both analysts and users want XP to continue until the next version of Windows releases (targeted for 2010). In fact, there's a petition to save XP here with over 164K signatures.
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It is nice to know that there is an effort to save this so that we don't all have to learn how to use a new product while MS works to make it stable! It is hard enough to have to offer customer support and sympathy without having to live with the bugs in a new product ourselves!
Jim Davies - The Web Professor
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I hope we can save XP. Microsoft is more interested in fleecing the consumer than in producing a product that works correctly. They want to make sure you shell out $199 for their new system because Bill Gates doesn't own the world yet. When does he have enough? Can you say "GREEDY"? I thought you could.
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