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Windows XP SP3 Postponed Until 2008

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wait-or-upgrade dept.

Rockgod quotes an article saying "With Microsoft now saying that its next major service pack for Windows XP will not ship until 2008, some Windows users are wondering whether the software upgrade will ever be released." and then later "Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, agrees that Microsoft may very well decide to drop XP Service Pack 3. "It absolutely could happen. Microsoft is under no obligation to produce any service packs, ever," he explains. "They feel that because these fixes are available through the auto-update that there's less need to create a service pack."

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  1. WinXP SP3 .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... is spelled V I S T A

  2. Is there a need for a Service Pack? by writermike · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously, are there problems? I've not run into any in a long, long time.

    Oh, no. I shouldn't have said that.

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  3. But they just said vista was coming out in january by gentimjs · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought I heard that Vista was coming out in january? Whew, close call! Here I was thinking that I needed to make a vista strategy for the company, but after hearing this and knowing Vista wont be out till 2008, thats a big load off my back.

  4. Re:They're right, you know by Meatloaf+Surprise · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, I'm sure Joe Sixpack is going to switch to Apple/Linux because SP3 for XP wasn't released...

  5. Re:Personally I think they will kill it by Anthracks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clearly, he works for the Department of Redundancy Department.

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  6. Re:They're right, you know by ifrag · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, assuming it's stored in 8-bit ascii it's saving an entire byte by replacing the 00 with a k. Oh, and don't worry what will happen if you used a char[3] when it hits 2k10...

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