MS cant stop XP.. at least until 2010.

and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..

perhaps if they learn their lesson, windows7 will be good enough to be the
real successor of XP, while vista will be considered a "freak accident"

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1307

Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?
Posted by Mary Jo Foley
Speculation continues to swirl as to when and whether Microsoft will extend
the June 30, 2008, cut-off date on which many PC makers will be expected to
cease bundling Windows XP with new PCs.
But some pundits seem to have forgotten that when Microsoft initially
granted Windows XP five more months to live, back in 2007, the company left
itself a loophole. (And I don't mean just the early 2009 cut-off date it
granted white-box vendors/system builders). Late last year, Microsoft
officials said that vendors preloading Windows on PCs aimed at "emerging
markets" wouldn't have to stop selling Windows XP until 2010.
From Microsoft's September 27, 2007, press release:
"(S)ince some of the systems that ship in emerging markets don't meet the
requirements for Windows Vista, we will be extending availability of Windows
XP Starter Edition to June 30, 2010. This will allow our OEM partners who
sell PCs in emerging markets more opportunity to offer genuine Windows
licenses."
The new question that company watchers are asking this week is whether
Microsoft will extend this 2010 date to cover "low-cost" PCs - like the Asus
Eee ultra-cheap laptop - even if those PCs aren't running XP Starter
Edition.
I would expect Microsoft would find offering XP for another year-plus on
those PCs to be a lesser evil than conceding the low-cost PC market to
Linux. If these machines do not have enough processing power to run Windows
Vista (not even the Home Basic edition), what else can Microsoft expect
their manufacturers to do, other than to continue to offer the systems with
XP?
Will Microsoft extend its XP-preload cut-off date again, outside of these
fringe cases? My bet is no. Microsoft will be shooting itself in the foot if
it does this, as it would be concedinng that there are real reasons that
users and its hardware/software partners might not want its latest Windows
release (which is now over a year old, mind you)..
What's your take? Will any amount of outcry stop Microsoft from making good
on its June 30 XP preload cut-off date?

In article <47f2b372$>, "oh great" <>
wrote:

> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..

When you start with a faulty premise................

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=11

Apparently someone wants it.

Bob Campbell

he bozo, this was explained to you previously in another thread but you fail
to understand

your own premise is wrong

this does not mean they wanted it nor does it mean vista is actually running
on those pc's

cut the crap


"Bob Campbell" <> wrote in message
news:bob-...
> In article <47f2b372$>, "oh great" <>
> wrote:
>
>> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>
> When you start with a faulty premise................
>
> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=11
>
> Apparently someone wants it.
>
> Bob Campbell

There you go again. Nothing better to do.

Ask your nurse if you can take the walker outside and sit near a tree so you
can soak up some sunshine. Please, please, stay away from the computer for
awhile. It is rotting your brain.


"oh great" <> wrote in message
news:47f2b372$...
> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>
> perhaps if they learn their lesson, windows7 will be good enough to be the
> real successor of XP, while vista will be considered a "freak accident"
>

>

oh great moron wrote:

....just more of his stupid, idiotic lunatic bullsh*t!
Frank

I can't understand all the Vista haters. I love it. I have it running on 2
machines and I won't go back to XP for anything. I have XP running on a 3rd
machine and I prefer using the machines using Vista because the user
experience is better. I eventually will upgrade the other XP machine. For
all you Vista haters, here's a couple of tips. Make sure that you are not
trying to run Vista on a piece of crap and make sure that you update all
drivers and look for software updates. I am a real Vista Fan and no I don't
work for MS and just because my user name is BillG, doesn't mean that I am
that BillG.

BillG

"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> There you go again. Nothing better to do.
>
> Ask your nurse if you can take the walker outside and sit near a tree so
> you can soak up some sunshine. Please, please, stay away from the
> computer for awhile. It is rotting your brain.
>
>
> "oh great" <> wrote in message
> news:47f2b372$...
>> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>>
>> perhaps if they learn their lesson, windows7 will be good enough to be
>> the real successor of XP, while vista will be considered a "freak
>> accident"
>>
>
>>
>
>

> Ask your nurse if you

nurse Christine Chapel? :-)


"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> There you go again. Nothing better to do.
>
> Ask your nurse if you can take the walker outside and sit near a tree so
> you can soak up some sunshine. Please, please, stay away from the
> computer for awhile. It is rotting your brain.
>
>
> "oh great" <> wrote in message
> news:47f2b372$...
>> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>>
>> perhaps if they learn their lesson, windows7 will be good enough to be
>> the real successor of XP, while vista will be considered a "freak
>> accident"
>>
>
>>
>
>

No Nurse Crachett from 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'.

"oh great" <> wrote in message
news:...
>> Ask your nurse if you
>
> nurse Christine Chapel? :-)
>
>
> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> There you go again. Nothing better to do.
>>
>> Ask your nurse if you can take the walker outside and sit near a tree so
>> you can soak up some sunshine. Please, please, stay away from the
>> computer for awhile. It is rotting your brain.
>>
>>
>> "oh great" <> wrote in message
>> news:47f2b372$...
>>> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>>>
>>> perhaps if they learn their lesson, windows7 will be good enough to be
>>> the real successor of XP, while vista will be considered a "freak
>>> accident"
>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Sorry I meant Ratchett

"BillG" <> wrote in message
newsABF9267-989F-464C-92BB-...
> No Nurse Crachett from 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'.
>
> "oh great" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>> Ask your nurse if you
>>
>> nurse Christine Chapel? :-)
>>
>>
>> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> There you go again. Nothing better to do.
>>>
>>> Ask your nurse if you can take the walker outside and sit near a tree so
>>> you can soak up some sunshine. Please, please, stay away from the
>>> computer for awhile. It is rotting your brain.
>>>
>>>
>>> "oh great" <> wrote in message
>>> news:47f2b372$...
>>>> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>>>>
>>>> perhaps if they learn their lesson, windows7 will be good enough to be
>>>> the real successor of XP, while vista will be considered a "freak
>>>> accident"
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

"oh great" <> wrote in message
news:47f2b372$...
> and why should they? vista is a crap and no one wants it..
>
Now, now... you are being silly aren't you?
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