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  Microsoft will do what is needed to make profit
Time: 00:49 EST/05:49 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Microsoft, after 2 years of warning that XP will go the way of the dinosaur has decided to go against the grain and keep selling its older product. The market tells the manufacturer what to sell not the other way around.

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#1 By awiltfong (186 Posts) at 3/10/2010 8:01:53 AM
Windows XP End Of Life is 4/8/2014. If people want to pay for it, why not?

#2 By Fritzly (1245 Posts) at 3/10/2010 8:18:19 AM
Indeed; 4 years of support for XP is way better that what is available for EBS. :-)
Personally I am very satisfied with W7 but.....

#3 By testman (236 Posts) at 3/11/2010 11:10:41 AM
The article linked to is complete bull. For a start, Melissa Mitchell (the article writer) links to an article supposedly on Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/microsoft_xp_dc;_ylt=Av.6fIpGZ.Sv1.dR8St0304jtBAF), except the article doesn't exist. A Google search of the headline quoted by her (Microsoft says to extend XP sales for five months) gives links to a few articles... dated 2007, when Microsoft THEN said they were going to move the XP-discontinue-sales date by 5 months. So no, Microsoft hasn't changed their stance from yesterday. So either she's claiming that Microsoft have now suddenly announced that XP will be sold for a bit longer, or she's approximately 2 1/2 years too late in catching up with the news.

*rolleyes*

#4 By awiltfong (186 Posts) at 3/11/2010 12:09:05 PM
Thanks testman for pointing that out. I am becoming numb to bad reporting/blogging...

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