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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. Too late by then! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Redundant

    By the time this service pack is released, Linux will be far more user friendly so more people can install it without hassles. With any luck ReactOS will have reached a stable state.

    I really think that with every delay, Microsoft is digging its own grave deeper and deeper.

  2. At this point, I just want OSX or LINUX. No Thanks by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I really have had it with windows. I dont want Vista. XP is growing tired and old. The constant harrasment from spyware virii etc has become anoying...

    I really just want OSX that runs on all PCs not just Mac PCs... or Linux.

    Linux would be fine if it were user friendly, had itunes, quicktime, and photoshop... and other programs but... Linux is growing strong in the 3d animation field. It's gettign support from the major players in the 3d industry and has been for sometime.

    I want to see the end of windows at this point. The microsoft mentality has become tiresome. I've been a pc user for a while now... from the dos/desqview days :) til today. Windows is no longer fun. Half the features in the ui are meaningless and the uI is poorly designed in general. The instability, the insecurity... ENOUGH

    VISTA is not the answer to these problems... Its a continuation of these problems.

    Microsoft supports spammers/spyware and virii writers. I want to run linux so badly but the apps just arent completely there yet for me, and the usability of linux is still too difficult.

    dont think for a second i wouldnt jump to linux. If only they had the developer support.

    Dam it guys, get it together... now is the RIGHT time to change the world.