[Info-vax] Some good news !

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In article <a1b9v4pt9tijolkg6oemvfp5hqgkvi4j73 at 4ax.com>, Joe Hunt <joehunt1222.dontspamme at yahoo.com> writes:
>"Steven Underwood" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>>
>><VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message 
>>news:00A8A9C9.A7971EF4 at SendSpamHere.ORG...
>>>
>>> So what you are saying is that M$ _is_ forcing people to downgrade.
>>>
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>>You appear to consider the latest version of the MS operating system a 
>>downgrade.  I do not.  My XP machine needs to be rebooted a lot more than my 
>>Vista laptop has.
>>
>>MS is not FORCING anything.  You can still run XP as long as you can keep it 
>>running.  The license does not expire.  You just can not purchase the old 
>>version any longer and it is officially unsupported.  I still run Win98 on a 
>>few (older) machines, nobody forced me to change those systems either.
>>
>>Digital/Compaq/HP never forced me to upgrade my MVII from V5.2 either, but 
>>it is also unsupported and not available for purchase.  That box, to my 
>>knowledge is still running happily in the back computer room of my previous 
>>employer doing the same thing it has for the last 10 years.  I also run 
>>unsupported V7.1 on VAX and Alpha at my current employer.
>>
>>I also drive a 9 year old car that is out of warranty, but it keeps running 
>>as well.
>> 
>
>According to this blog, Microsoft plans an interesting approach to the
>problem of users not upgrading from XP.
>
>"XP Mode consists of the Virtual PC-based virtual environment and a
>fully licensed copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3). It will
>be made available, for free, to users of Windows 7 Professional,
>Enterprise, and Ultimate editions via a download from the Microsoft
>web site."
>
>http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/04/24/secret-no-more-revealing-virtual-windows-xp-for-windows-7.aspx
>
>or, in case the above url gets mangled,
>
>http://tinyurl.com/dg22sm

Has this group really become this thick skulled?  Sheesh!

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