[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Arne Vajhøj]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 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!

If you can get drivers for XP for the hardware.

Especially in laptops is is becoming common with only Vista drivers.

Arne