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Microsoft Extends Product Lifecycle

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. geez by Vasan · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Server and Tools Marketing..." Geez, how many VP's does Microsoft have???

    1. Re:geez by grahamsz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Junior vice-president Homer Simpson speaking

  2. Sounds reasonable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you can't figure out an OS in 5 years, maybe you should reconsider the whole "computer" thing.

  3. Does this mean by can56 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can run Win98 for another 4 years on my home machine?

    1. Re:Does this mean by ignatus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't you mean "run win98 during 4 years for very short periods of time" ? :)

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  4. Re:Unsurprizing by tarunthegreat2 · · 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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  5. Next time. by maelstrom · · 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 armyofone · · 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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  6. Re:Preparing for the GNU/world? by tarunthegreat2 · · 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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  7. Re:It's about time by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  8. Preempting Longhorn with LongWarranty by howman · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  9. Re:11 out of 13 slashdot readers so far... by Anonymous Coward · · 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

  10. Odd.. by digital+bath · · Score: 3, Funny
    I have to say kudos to Microsoft on this one.

    You must be new here.
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  11. What did they think... by Majestix · · 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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