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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. if you know how to browse the web, you would know by atari2600 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Their Business leadership team is here

    Their Board of Directors listingis here In case those links act up, scroll down using your arrow keys or whatever you use to scroll.

  2. Microsoft has about 150 to 200 VP's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/

    So that's about 1 VP per 300-400 employees (not sure if that includes all international divisions).

    Corporate VP's are usually junior VP's in charge of an individual division.

    Senior VP's manage a group of divisions (say all the Windows product development divisions). There are about 20 Senior VP's at Microsoft.

    The Group VP's are the big honchos who manage, say, all of product development, or marketing. Look like there are three Group VP's.

  3. Re:Unsurprizing by stev_mccrev · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work in web management services in a government department in queensland, aus.

    I use a pc running 98SE - so does everyone else in my department.

    And yes, it is sad.

  4. That's how it all started by LupeSpywalper · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have to say kudos to Microsoft on this one.

    If i remember correctly Qdos was how the whole Microsoft OS thing got started. So no more kudos for them now, ok ?