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Microsoft Responds to 'Save XP' Petition
DaMassive writes "Computerworld Australia is running a story with a response from Microsoft to Infoworld's SAVE XP petition Web site, which has gathered over 75,000 signatures so far. Apparently Microsoft is aware of the petition, but says it is "listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs, that's what informed our decision to extend the availability of XP initially, and what will continue to guide us" — a somewhat strange response given that the vast majority of people signing the petition ARE Microsoft customers! The Save XP movement has attracted the attention of the software giant, despite its claims that Vista has sold more than 100 million copies and its adoption rate is in line with the company's expectations. "We're seeing positive indicators that we're already starting to move from the early adoption phase into the mainstream and that more and more businesses are beginning their planning and deployment of Windows Vista," the company said. Nevertheless vendors such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Fujitsu, and more recently NEC, all offer the opportunity to downgrade to XP Pro."
Does Bill kiss you after you blow him?
I just think if you're going to dis, get your material right.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Thank you for that. I'm in the process of building a new home PC and I will be installing Vista on it. XP wasn't without problems when it was released and Vista is the same. I have gone through the little bit of work to see if any of my new hardware has known issues that I can avoid. The anti Microsoft vitriol is out of control here and the lack of reflection is appalling.
That's ... um, kinda the way it's supposed to work, isn't it?
Except... it didn't work that way when Win2K was pulled out and XP was the only option. HP belatedly offered Win2K + SP4 as an alternative for some corporate customers, but one had to plead with them.
There's no way any sane customer would inflict Vista on himself; despite the pressure from OEMs. Which probably means they will force MS to extend XP availability well until the post-Vista successor to Windows becomes available.
This is certainly a change from past practices of forced upgrades.
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
Linux is a joke in its current state to use on a desktop workstation.
Linux is an amazing choice for running a server.
Only an idiotic company would try to replace XP desktops with Linux. I could picture the day when the employees come in and have to get familiar with using Linux. You make me laugh.