Users demand the choice of either XP or Vista well beyond June 30

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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Page 3 of 3 A petition has been set up by Infoworld to save XP from its June 30 expiry date, less than 75 days away, so that consumers and businesses can continue buying Windows XP for the foreseeable future. Related stories Sex among older Australians gets an unexpected lift Google Gears up Safari support IBM brings another jobs boost to Ballarat 'Pay by phone' gets new meaning with Visa trial Telstra structurally separates itself from structural separation Microsoft wants to preserve XP for ultra-low cost PCs, (ULCPCs) such as the ASUS Eee PC and competitors, until June 2010, while effectively forcing everyone else to use Vista, whether they want to or not. But petitioners want all versions of XP to be extended, and not just saved for ULCPC use. Sometime in 2010 is when we should expect to see Windows 7 appear, the successor to Vista, although if managed badly this will set off another round of incompatibilities and driver issues. Hopefully Vista will be greatly matured by that time and in stable shape, or the petitioners might well be asking Microsoft to extend XP availability beyond that time, too. Microsoft: SP1 still isn’t able to download onto all Vista RTM machines, and plenty of people want the easy choice to continue with XP for the time being. Please, listen to your customers, and allow XP to continue for at least another year yet. Vista’s not the answer for everyone just yet because of your own stuff-ups. The world is filled with expectation that XP will get the reprieve it needs to give some consumers, at least, the best Windows experience. Why do you expect that consumers won’t let XP expire without a fight? Don’t let this one explode in your face, Microsoft... or the consequences could well be exponential. Yes we know you’ve explained that the 2008 answer is Vista, but it doesn’t have to be at the expense of XP, or at least, most certainly not yet, Microsoft. Not yet. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Alex ZaharovReutt  Business software  Consumers  Linux  Macintosh  Microsoft  Operating Systems  Software  Vista  Windows  Windows XP  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page <   1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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