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Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-vista-love dept.

CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer digs deeper on a report that said Microsoft was logging calls from customers who requested that the company extend the retail availability of Windows XP to find that some users claimed that they couldn't get through to the support lines. Microsoft denies that it organized any kind of call-in petition and pleaded with users not to dial its technical support numbers to ask for an XP extension. 'As a courtesy to customers in need of technical assistance, we ask callers not to call Microsoft Customer Support Services to request an extension for Windows XP,' a company representative said. Microsoft declined to comment on whether its support lines had experienced a call-volume spike starting last Friday, when the Neowin notice first appeared."

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  1. Phone Fury. by Therefore+I+am · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like it. Hammer their switchboards until they extend WinXP. That'll larm 'em!

    1. Re:Phone Fury. by cp.tar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Program an Asterisk system to do it for you and show them the power of Open Source.

      /ducks

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    2. Re:Phone Fury. by deniable · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm getting the urge to graffiti a bathroom wall, "For a good time call ... and ask for XP."

    3. Re:Phone Fury. by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why would you write on your bathroom wall? Won't your mother be upset?

    4. Re:Phone Fury. by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, my parents moved out.

  2. Support Lines by LaskoVortex · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a courtesy to customers in need of technical assistance, we ask callers not to call Microsoft Customer Support Services to request an extension for Windows XP

    If they gave the extension to XP, they probably wouldn't need the support line as much.

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  3. DDOS attack via customer service, great idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only problem will be finding zombies with phone skills.

  4. The very definition of irony by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine that! The purveyors of DOS have been DOS'd due to the bad quality of their latest revision of DOS.

    1. Re:The very definition of irony by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

      ME was the last DOS based OS fyi.

      That should be;

      I was the last DOS-based OS, fyi.

      Sometimes it's hard for a non-native speaker to understand how and when to use pronouns.

  5. Phone slashdotting... by dilbert627 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure the problem will go away now that this has been posted on slashdot...

    1. Re:Phone slashdotting... by maharius · · Score: 4, Funny

      The number's busy, anyone got a mirror?

  6. If there were a petition to save Win Xp by Starteck81 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If there were a petition to save Win Xp, with Vista as the alternative, I bet it would eclipse the petition to get Uwe Boll to stop directing.

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  7. Re:WinXP rules by the_humeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exactly! I prefer emacs...

  8. They are just testing your love by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Show MS the validation it craves, tell them you love XP. call now, your love operator is standing by. Tell them how you really feel.

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  9. Need a little help here..... by Anachragnome · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me: "Hiyas! Yeah. Having a little trouble setting the clock on my XP machine."

    TS: "Is that all? Right-click the clock display then drag the hands around to the desired time."

    Me: "Got it. Thanks!"

    TS: "Is there anything else I can do for you today?"

    Me: "Well, now that you mention it, can you extend Windows XP for me?"

  10. For War is Peace by Maavin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Freedom is Slavery

    Ignorance is Strength

    Vista is XP

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