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Why is Microsoft Patching XP?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-wouldn't-believe-me-if-i-told-you dept.

akkarin noted a story about a new Service patch for XP. Dubbed SP2c, the new service patch contains no bug fixes or features. Instead, this exciting patch exists only to add new valid active product registration keys. Oops.

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  1. Re:So.... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, Microsoft's doing it, so therefore everyone here has to act all superior and make fun of it. And you need some way of seeing the useless phrase "convicted monopolist" about 40 times a day on Slashdot, so this is a good way of making some of those crop up.

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  2. I'm so glad ... by boxlight · · Score: -1, Troll
    I'm so glad I bought a Mac so I don't have to be bothered with the constant update and restart warnings; and no more clumsy virus scans and adware.

    I've never actually used Vista, but whenever I have to use Windows XP at work it always feels so antiquated compared to Mac OS X. Everything on Mac is so much cleaner, nicer and more sophisticated.

  3. Re:95 OSR releases were minor if you're an idiot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're the fucking idiot.. USB support was added in OSR2.1.

  4. It's called good support by chewedtoothpick · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is why you Mac Zealots fail so.

    The article posts about supporting a product, as if it is a bad thing to do. The fact that Microshaft is still standing behind a 6-year-old operating system while it has two newer ones stands for their integrity. Let's see Apple do that - oh wait, they don't have a new OS in as much time, and make you pay for the major patches...

    Oh yes, Apple is SOO much better than Microsoft.

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  5. Re:well... by MightyMartian · · Score: 0, Troll

    So that the horrors of the "ribbon" can be visited upon the UI in general? The ribbon is one of the reasons I wouldn't dream of forcing everyone into Office 2007.

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  6. Re:well... by HeroreV · · Score: 0, Troll

    Try choosing a color sometime. OpenOffice is the only application I've seen in a long time that requires users to add a color to a color list through a completely separate color list editing dialog and then choose that color from the color selection dialog. In a program that isn't so shitty, you'd be able to choose any possible arbitrary color right through the color selection dialog. Choosing a color is much easier even in old crusty shit like Microsoft Paint.