Interesting Paul Thurrott article on Microsoft and Windows XP
- From: "History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:20:41 -0400
From Paul Thurrott's WinInfo Short Take article
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/95725/95725.html?Ad=1
<<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.>>
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