On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:31:07 -0700, Frank wrote:

Billy Smith wrote:


"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:53 -0700, Frank wrote:

wrote:

On Jun 2, 11:42 am, RHF wrote:

D'Oh ! - The Future of Windows XP -according-to- Microsoft
Corp.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...xp/future.mspx

Windows XP will be Gone in June 2008 ? - NOT !

MS Says - Windows XP Sales will Stop on 30 June 2008.

Note - Some Existing 'new' Old-Stock of Windows XP presently
in Retailers Inventory may be available until 2009 or longer.

MS Says - Technical Support [Service Pack Downloads] for
Window XP will be provided by Microsoft Corp until 2014.

OK - What is the Problem ?

Yeah -if- You buy a New Computer you will likely get stuck
with have Micorsoft's VISTA pre-installed -but- your Old PC
that is running Windows XP will have support for Five (5)
more years.

Hopefully within those Five (5) Years Microsoft will have
something better than VISTA as their latest super-dupper
OS : Plus you will have a lot of new Hardware to Want-to-Buy.

-ps- Five (5) Years is almost Two (2) Life Cycles in the ever
changing Softwave-and-Hardware Turn-Over-and-Upgrade
PC Users Dilemma.

and . . . that's the way i see it ~ RHF
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On May 30, 5:07 am, David wrote:


On May 30, 6:20 am, "xfile" wrote:


My two cents,


I don't see the needs for customers to sign any petitions. It's
the product
provider's job to find out if their product is well accepted by
the market
or not. And it's their product so they have every right for
making the
decision. If they think Vista is so good, just terminate XP and
make
Windows 7 even more like Vista. Of course, it's also them who
have to take
the consequences of that decision. Life finds a way, so no need
to beg
anyone for keeping a product or not.


"Clear Windows" wrote in message


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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/0...ng-official-pe...



If you can remember back a few weeks, Steve Ballmer went on
record saying
that Microsoft would consider extending the life of Windows XP
if enough
people asked for it. Afterall, many people don't want to upgrade to
Windows Vista because they are perfectly content with XP. The
problem was
there was no way to ask for it. Sure, you could sign one of the
many
online petitions, but Microsoft considers those "non-official
complaints"
and the rest of us simply consider them silly.


Well, word has been passed down to the tech support teams (and
then on to
Neowin) that they are to begin logging any calls that come in
for the sole
purpose of requesting an extension to the retail life of Windows
XP. The
calls will be logged and, if enough complaints are filed,
Microsoft will
consider giving XP some more time (no pinky promises, though).


If you wish to file an official petition yourself, you can
simply call the
Windows XP Home Edition support numbers for your country and let
the
operator know that you wish to file an official complaint.
Because we're
so nice and want to save you the trouble, here are the numbers
for a
majority of Neowin's visitors:


United States: (866) 234-6020
United Kingdom: 0870 60 10 100
Canada: (800) 936-8479


If your country isn't listed, you can visit the Microsoft
Support Site,
choose your country, choose Windows XP Home Edition as your
product and
then go to 'Contacts' for the appropriate support number.


I disagree with their methodology but will make the call.


Windows XP is fast, RELIABLE, and meets the needs of the vast
majority
of PC users


United States: (866) 234-6020
United Kingdom: 0870 60 10 100
Canada: (800) 936-8479


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- But the problem is that whatever Microsoft comes up with to replace
Vista will be the same resource Hog Vista is now;
- with no substantial gain.

And you know this because...?

- Imagine how nice it would be to have a REALLY fast, reliable PC that
ran on Some Future Iteration of hardware


I've got multiple installs of that OS right now...it's called Vista!


- but had Reliable, Familiar Windows XP as its OS


Why? Once you become familiar with Vista, then XP seems old, slow and
clunky...just W2K did after we became familiar with XP.


- tapping into whatever faster Internet / server farm is standard
down teh road.


????????????????????????


Worth Saving Windows XP, in the opinion of over 200,000


Yeah right. You don't think for one second that 200,000 individuals
responded do you?
If so, lets talk about some very fine bridges I happens to know of that
are for sale...LOL!
Also blogs are now becoming click-and-I-get-cash cows. Any resemblance
to a real e-rag news outlet is delusional at best.
Frank


Frank knows all about delusional. It's his life.


Sure you do, Madeline

Most people fine it rather strange that the real malcontents in this ng
are the ones who can't get their installs of vista to run properly.

Well Frank you can't deny you're the malcontent and anyone wishing to
invest some time at Google will dig out one of your posts where YOU
admitted you needed to call Microsoft support to help YOU get Vista up
and running.

Sorry Bubba, the truth sometimes hurts.