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Microsoft Extends XP's Life By 6 Months
hairyfeet writes "Despite Microsoft releasing Windows Vista more than nine months ago the adoption rate has not been as Microsoft hoped. Bowing further to pressure from OEMs and consumers, Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP, which was due to end sale by OEMs on January 1 next year, to a new date of June 30. Asked if this was an indication of a strong demand for XP, a Microsoft representative sought to downplay the extension, stating 'We wouldn't term it strong, we would describe this as accommodating a certain element who needs more time.'"
Depends on what your definition of "is" is...
Never hit your grandmother with a shovel, for it leaves a bad impression on her mind...
Jan 1 to June 30, wouldn't that be 6 months. Or did they use Excel to do the math?
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Microsoft made a product so appealing to the users that they don't want to switch. Not even to a newer version.
Sooner or later this was gonna happen.
Jan 1 -> July 1 is 6 months.
Jan 1 -> June 30 is, truncated to an integer number of months, 5 months.
Nope - count it out... January, February, March, April, May, June. That's 5.
* I used Excel to do this math, and checked it with a virtual slide rule.
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Pressed for clarification, the Microsoft representative continued:
Q: "Would you term the market's adoption of Vista as slow?"
A: "We wouldn't term it slow, we would describe it as approaching that of a sloth on valium."
Well, extended support for XP ends in 2014. Considering all of 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012 and 2013 will be the year of the Linux desktop, I highly doubt anyone will still be using XP by then.
God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom?
...the allegations that their users claimed Vista is a pile of manure, the representative said "We wouldn't term it manure, we'd say it has very strong properties, promotes groth and has fertilizing capabilities."
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Whoever came up with that tag is my hero.
Technoli
No it is just 3 months according to Excel2007
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
I'm glad somebody tagged this story with "!januaryfirst".
Now, when I browse the Slashdot archives trying to find stories where somebody mistakenly thought something what January 1 when it actually was not, this one will come up.
Microsoft is apparently counting on the fact that nobody will even be here after 2012,. . .
You missed a link about versions of Vista....
(aka, obligatory Penny Arcade post)
WGA is truth. DRM is love. Vista is eternal happiness.
Why would you want to jump out of the Microsoft love-pot? It's nice and warm. Come join us. We can be the best of friends.
One of us! One of us!
Screw the rules, I have green hair!
Rubbish. Everything requires activation. How else will you get the Genuine Advantage? Even Linux requires activation.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
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