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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Not Due Until 2007

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-ok-no-new-viruses-are-scheduled-in-07 dept.

vitaly.friedman writes "Microsoft has published the due date for Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) on its Windows Lifecycle Web site. The preliminary due date (the latter half of 2007) for the next collection of fixes and patches for Microsoft's desktop operating system is as more than a year later than many company watchers were expecting."

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  1. doesn't matter by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Most of the big problems in SP1 and earlier were fixed in sp2. Anything else can be tackled with minor patches at this point. Big upgrades like the new glass interface and such I wouldn't expect to be released before vista, most of the biggest changes belong with a new OS.

    Remeber, unlike Apple, Microsoft doesn't charge for point release upgrades to their OS, but they still need to make some money somehow.

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  2. Re:last one left turn out the lights... by networkBoy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    (not missing the humor but...)
    If google is smart they won't do that.
    Ever hear of graft Vs. Host disease?
    -nB

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  3. slashdot mods are windows sluts by EllynGeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ever notice how many posts critical of microsoft are modded "troll"? I can live with "flamebait." But "troll" is just plain stupid. Just like people who like Windows.

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