[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <L%sIl.25382$Ws1.8368 at nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>, Michael Austin 
>> <maustin at firstdbasource.com> writes:
>>> JF Mezei wrote:
>>>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Most likely not the end. They have little debt and are still
>>>>> making a profit. Not exactly bankruptcy material.
>>>> I think Microsoft's biggest challenge is adapting to a slower
>>>> replacement cycle for PCs and a population that is no longer eager to
>>>> line up a full day to be the first to get their hands on an upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> I think that corporations hanging on to XP is a big sign of that.
>>>>
>>> MS is trying to fix that... I was loafing around at <bigboxstore> 
>>> last evening and in a conversation with one of the PC sales folks, 
>>> they said a month or so ago, MS came in and basically grabbed all of 
>>> their XP stock and replaced it with Vista.  I suppose they got tired 
>>> of everyone "hanging on" to XP.
>>
>> So M$ is forcing people to downgrade.
> 
> Mainstream support on Windows XP ended April 14th. The only
> updates that will still come for XP is security updates.
> 
> Not that surprising that MS does not want to sell a product where
> they are stopping normal support.
> 

That won't stop me from running W/XP until the CD turns to dust!  I've 
been using it for four or five years now.  It works!  I have heard 
nothing about Vista that would make me want to upgrade.  If and when I 
get a new PC, I may very well just install W/XP on it!