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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. Deja vu? by nillawafer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I seem to remember them postponing Windows NT Service Pack 7 "for a later date" at one time. Then, it was Service Pack 5 for Windows 2000. Both of those never saw the light of day. Sounds like they're putting off SP3 for XP until it sinks into the abyss.

  2. But I thought... by dwiget · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That Vista was Windows XP SP3... guess it is delayed again. :P