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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. Interesting commentary on this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Whitedust posted an interesting commentary on this this other day. I agree with them.

  2. What does this mean for Vista? by rob_squared · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Microsoft doesn't love releasing service packs for any OS that isn't the latest one.

    NT4 service packs ended about the time Win2K came out.

    I'm guessing this means Vista will be pushed even further back then Microsoft have been letting on.

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    I don't get it.