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MS Reportedly Adds 6 Months of Vista Downgrade

Posted by kdawson on from the charting-a-course-to-windows-7 dept.

LiteralKa sends in a poorly sourced Reg story claiming that Microsoft has granted OEMs six more months to sell PCs using Windows Vista with the support to downgrade to Windows XP. OEMs can now offer such arrangements until July 31, 2009 — the previous deadline was January 31, 2009. The article claims as source "a Reg reader" without further details. Neither Microsoft nor any OEM has confirmed the rumor, and only a few scattered bloggers have picked it up.

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  1. Front Page? by donaggie03 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is a poorly sourced, unconfirmed story from the Reg posted on the front page? VERY slow news day?

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  2. Well well by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Neither Microsoft nor any OEM has confirmed the rumor, and only a few scattered bloggers have picked it up."

    Including Slashdot.

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  3. Re:Desktop Operation System Evolution by miffo.swe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "why does the evolution of desktop operating systems like Windows go slower now than a decade ago?"

    In short, because Microsoft succeeded in killing platform independant applications.

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