Microsoft Extends Product Lifecycle

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Microsoft Extends Product Lifecycle

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 30, 2004 @08:20PM from the good-if-you-use-their-stuff dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has decided to extend product support on business and developer products effective June 1, 2004. Mainstream support remains unchanged at 5 years, extended support is greatly extended from 2 to 5 years and Online self-help support is extended from 8 to 10 years. I have to say kudos to Microsoft on this one."

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geez by Vasan · 2004-05-30 20:22 · Score: 5, Funny

"...Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Server and Tools Marketing..." Geez, how many VP's does Microsoft have???
1. Re:geez by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 20:23 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  why ? did someone take your position in the "useless comments department" ?
2. Re:geez by grahamsz · 2004-05-30 20:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Junior vice-president Homer Simpson speaking
Sounds reasonable by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 20:28 · Score: 5, Funny

If you can't figure out an OS in 5 years, maybe you should reconsider the whole "computer" thing.
Does this mean by can56 · 2004-05-30 20:30 · Score: 2, Funny

I can run Win98 for another 4 years on my home machine?
1. Re:Does this mean by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 20:38 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Dear User,
  It means you can only run Linux. Go to Here for further instructions.
  Thank you for your time,
  Gill Bates, VP, Marketing, Microsoft. All of your inodes are belong to us
2. Re:Does this mean by ignatus · 2004-05-30 20:41 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Don't you mean "run win98 during 4 years for very short periods of time" ? :)
  
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Re:Unsurprizing by tarunthegreat2 · 2004-05-30 20:34 · Score: 2, Funny

Sorry beg to differ. Win XP is tons more stable than Win98...this is provided you're working on a fresh install of course...even Microsoft can't guarantee what happens in an upgrade..and don't get me started on security. At least hitting esc on the WinXP logon screen doesn't start up your machine! Now having said all that, I'm going close Wine now.. HA HA!

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Next time. by maelstrom · 2004-05-30 20:35 · Score: 4, Funny

I didn't know we let Bill Gates post as anonymous coward. That explains a lot actually.

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1. Re:Next time. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 20:53 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  I didn't know we let Bill Gates post as anonymous coward. That explains a lot actually.
  You mean he's behind Slashdot's rabidly pro-Microsoft Bias?
2. Re:Next time. by armyofone · 2004-05-30 21:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Yep. It's a closely guarded secret that 'The Notorious BHG', (as he likes to be called around campus), handed the reins over to DancingMonkeyBoi in order to free up more time to post to slashdot.
  
  I mean, what else is he up to these days?
  
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Re:Preparing for the GNU/world? by tarunthegreat2 · 2004-05-30 20:40 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh yea? Well I'll outsource my free support to India, and then my free will be cheaper than your homegrown, domestic, higly-subsidised free, so THERE!

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Re:It's about time by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 20:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Every time they do something bad its because they are an evil monopoly. Every time they do something good its because they fear linux. I think I'm starting to understand.
Preempting Longhorn with LongWarranty by howman · 2004-05-30 20:45 · Score: 4, Funny

You just know they forsee needing to support Longhorn for the Longhaul.

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Re:11 out of 13 slashdot readers so far... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 21:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Microsoft has quite useful information on their site to fix or bypass defects in their products. And they have this very funny parody section called Get the farts
"anonymous" by Seahawk · 2004-05-30 21:16 · Score: 1, Funny

"An anonymous reader writes"

and

"I have to say kudos to Microsoft on this one"

What! Doesn't Bill have a slashdot account? :o)
Odd.. by digital+bath · 2004-05-30 21:30 · Score: 3, Funny

I have to say kudos to Microsoft on this one.

You must be new here.

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Re:Preparing for the GNU/world? by fstanchina · 2004-05-30 22:39 · Score: 1, Funny

You mean proprietary, closed-source software can't be hacked? Quick, someone pass me a copy of Windows for my servers!
Re:Preparing for the GNU/world? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-30 23:02 · Score: 1, Funny

You forgot to mention computers. Of course, programmers used to go home at night and cry themselves to sleep thinking of all the jobs lost in secretarial pools and payroll functions. That's why they needed high salaries, to salve their consciences ;)
Re:This is bad by hutkey · 2004-05-30 23:10 · Score: 1, Funny

Windows 95/98/ME suck

do they suck Longhorn too ;)
What did they think... by Majestix · 2004-05-31 03:14 · Score: 3, Funny

...that everyone was going to upgrade every time they came out with something new? Oh, damn, thats right they did think that.

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