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And What About Windows XP Service Pack 3?And while I'm ranting a bit, let's dredge up Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was delayed from 2005 to 2006 to 2007 and now to 2008. If you were looking for any glimpse into the mind of Microsoft, this is it: The company has completely abandoned Windows XP, and it has absolutely no plans to ever ship an XP SP3. My guess is that Microsoft will do what it did with the final Windows 2000 Service Pack: Claim years later that it's no longer needed and just ship a final security patch roll-up. This is the worst kiss-off to any Microsoft product I've ever seen, and you'd think the company would show a little more respect to its best-selling OS of all time. But the reality is, Microsoft is looking ahead to new revenue and not behind to money that's already in the bank. And though hundreds of millions of people will be running XP for years to come, despite Microsoft's best efforts at selling them a later Windows version, the company has absolutely no plans to actually support those customers. This flies in the face of its publicly-stated life cycle support plans. And it really freaks me out. It should freak you out as well.
Quote from: PANZERCATWAGON on April 14, 2007, 01:55:17 pmI seem to be missing something. Can someone simplify the reason as to why I cannot continue using XP on my computer after 2007? Is Billy gonna jump through my roof and give it a damn good smashing?Yes you can. You can keep using XP forever.What this is saying is that Microsoft will not sell Windows XP to computer manufacturers anymore, so after a month, any windows computer you by will have Vista.
I seem to be missing something. Can someone simplify the reason as to why I cannot continue using XP on my computer after 2007? Is Billy gonna jump through my roof and give it a damn good smashing?
Quote from: jrgp on April 14, 2007, 02:00:32 pmQuote from: PANZERCATWAGON on April 14, 2007, 01:55:17 pmI seem to be missing something. Can someone simplify the reason as to why I cannot continue using XP on my computer after 2007? Is Billy gonna jump through my roof and give it a damn good smashing?Yes you can. You can keep using XP forever.What this is saying is that Microsoft will not sell Windows XP to computer manufacturers anymore, so after a month, any windows computer you by will have Vista.Yeah but XP won't be supported anymore. So no more Windows updates and such.
Again I have to state I said.. if it was a company this same crap would be going on... only thing changed would be the word Linux instead of Microsoft.
I wonder what they would do to the name... you know, like Micro$oft, only linsux or something.
QuoteAnd What About Windows XP Service Pack 3?And while I'm ranting a bit, let's dredge up Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was delayed from 2005 to 2006 to 2007 and now to 2008. If you were looking for any glimpse into the mind of Microsoft, this is it: The company has completely abandoned Windows XP, and it has absolutely no plans to ever ship an XP SP3. My guess is that Microsoft will do what it did with the final Windows 2000 Service Pack: Claim years later that it's no longer needed and just ship a final security patch roll-up. This is the worst kiss-off to any Microsoft product I've ever seen, and you'd think the company would show a little more respect to its best-selling OS of all time. But the reality is, Microsoft is looking ahead to new revenue and not behind to money that's already in the bank. And though hundreds of millions of people will be running XP for years to come, despite Microsoft's best efforts at selling them a later Windows version, the company has absolutely no plans to actually support those customers. This flies in the face of its publicly-stated life cycle support plans. And it really freaks me out. It should freak you out as well.full article
Guys this is business, if linux was ever a company and sold their crap to you and put it in prebuilt systems then you would be complaining about the new linux being "forced" onto you.
How come I never hear anybody complaining about Mac OSs forcing them to upgrade? Are Mac users either much less present on this forum or not as whiny?
I'm still using Win 98. When I'll buy a new comp, I'll buy it without Vista - operating systems should be as small, as efficient and as stable as it's possible and backward-compatibile. Operating system that requires 512 mb of ram and 800 mhz processor is an absurd.
