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Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004

Posted by michael on from the day-late-and-dollar-short dept.

Aiua writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has pushed back the release date for the second Windows XP service pack to the third quarter of 2004 without giving any reasons." Update: 08/19 12:52 GMT by M : Another article claims it will be out three months earlier, no later than June 2004.

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  1. Ironic.. by AbbyNormal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that the time that "Clean" up worm is set to expire?

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    Sig it.
  2. XP bug free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, the real reason for the delay is that after SP1, XP is almost completely bug free (except for thost pesky third-party apps that keep crashing...)

  3. Finally!! by AlexeiMachine · · Score: 5, Funny

    They finally understand what a buffer overflow is, and this time, they'll *really* *really* fix all of them.

    1. Re:Finally!! by hplasm · · Score: 5, Funny
      ....XP has its buffers removed!!

      TaDa!!

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      ...and he grinned, like a fox eating shit out of a wire brush.
  4. Re:The press release has a typo in it by CommandNotFound · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then why hasn't Microsoft changed the typo on this page

    They've been trying, but their machines keep rebooting on their own for some reason...