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The Death of Windows XP

Posted by kdawson on from the alas-poor-yorick dept.

bsk_cw writes "Although many Windows users intend to hold onto their copies of XP until it is pried from their cold, dead fingers, Microsoft fully intends to phase out the OS in favor of Vista. If you're unwilling to move to one of the alternatives, and really don't like Vista, the least you can do is be aware of what's in store. David DeJean offers a rundown on Microsoft's timeline for Windows XP, why the company does things that way, and what you can do about it."

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  1. A short play by symbolset · · Score: 4, Funny

    31 June 2008, 8:00 AM EST: Nasdaq and NYSE both crash as the big three PC vendors and their suppliers discover nobody's willing to buy a PC any more.

    Midmorning Bill and Steve get a call from Ben Bernanke.

    Afternoon DHS executes warrants on One Microsoft Way. Attorney general reopens antitrust investigation. Steve gets a call from the IRS regarding the structure of financing for one of his sports teams.

    Evening: XP gets a reprieve! We're all friends again.

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  2. Re:It's nice to share. by decavolt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bow before your perversity. Where do you get drivers? Um... don't you mean, perseverance? Although that level of perseverance is still pretty perverse. Pedantic? Probably.
  3. DOS apps by weighn · · Score: 5, Funny
    my organisation got rid of its last DOS app last year (vehicle fuel logs, very important). We had to maintain an old Win 98 box (and source the occasional second-hand replacement 3.5" FDD drive).

    VMs and emulating the A: drive doesn't help if the auditing office insists on receiving the data via snail-mail delivered floppy (no joke!)

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  4. Re:XP? by Nullav · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've noticed a lot of things running old versions of Windows over the past few years: ATMs, coin-counters, the big screens at the airport...never would have known if they weren't in the middle of a kernel panic.

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  5. Re:XP? by Miseph · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, most instances of Win98 are on POS machines.

    Oh... wait... you meant "Point Of Sale"... well, yeah, I guess that it could run on those too.

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  6. Re:XP? by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    You needn't post as an AC. We don't judge people just because they're masochists, everyone can enjoy their life the way they want to.

    We're cool with that. Hey, we've been on the internet for a while. We've seen guys who like their nuts being smacked with bricks, someone using ME willingly is only a notch up from that, I'm pretty sure we can accept that. Somehow. Someday. Well, maybe in a while, at least.

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  7. Re:So there is still a reason? by monsted · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could change it to ihatewinXPslightlylessthanVista.

  8. Re:Windows Me by Haeleth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Explorer decided to run incredibly slow.
    Even in Windows Me, that never happened without a reason.

    I had NAV installed
    Aha, mystery solved.
  9. Re:XP? by Jafar00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know what you mean. Last month I had a plane to catch and when I arrived at the local train station to travel to the airport at 5:30am, the ticket machine was displaying a blue screen running win2k. Needless to say I was forced to jump the barrier with my luggage and get a free 10 euro trip to the airport. The guard at the other end didn't believe my reason I had no ticket until I showed him the picture I took of the blue screen. Turns out he was an Ubuntu Linux fan and let me through with a laugh. :D

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