On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 09:32:25AM -0800, Dos-Man 64 wrote: > Yes, they are really spineless down there. Seriously, how can you > have such an overwhelming percentage of your user base that is at > least 3 versions behind the current version? It's as if everyone is > still driving around in pintos and novas... I would have killed of xp > a while ago (it is a monopoly after all.) > > > On Feb 23, 11:56 pm, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... I wish MS would hurry up and phase out xp already; there will be > > > loads of fast PCs out > > > there dirt cheap; they generally aren't capable of running vista or > > > win7. > > > > Doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP > > > > "Extended Support period until April 8, 2014." > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=15&y=18&C2=1173 > > > > Regards, > > - Robert > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup Spineless? Really? For not forcing your customers to upgrade on a 3 year cycle? What about the businesses that bought computers just before Vista was released (i.e. Summer 2006?) Shouldn't they be able to get at least 5 years out of their purchase? IMHO, they should be able to use an OS for 10 years from date of release, which places them squarely at the end of 2011. That's not at all unreasonable. An extra few years since Vista was a terrible flop is a nice gesture from any standpoint, especially since using unsupported software is NOT an option for any self-respecting corporate IT dept.
I also find that comment a little backwards, from someone who purports that Win98 is the greatest achievement from Redmond. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
