Tick, Tick, Tick... XP to eXPire by year-end

[Barnaby Jeans]

Walter,

We have recently updated the support site with the corrected information
regarding the support lifecycle for XP Home.

In short, XP Home will be supported for 2 years after Vista ships.

For more information you can look at:
http://news.com.com/False+alarm+over+Windows+support+deadline/2100-1016-
6026576.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703 or to see the new information,
re-visit: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Barnaby

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From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of
waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:30 AM
To: Toronto Linux Users Group
Subject: [TLUG]: Tick, Tick, Tick... XP to eXPire by year-end

  At least the "Home Edition", which is what most home machines use.
No, I'm not joking.  See Microsoft's webpage at...
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221

  "Business products" get longer support; Microsoft may play dirty, but
they're not insane.

  This is a perfect opportunity for us to throw a lot FUD back at
Microsoft, and advance linux.  If nothing else, there'll be a lot of
great deals on almost-new, barely-used computers that won't be powerful
enough to run Vista, but which will be perfect for linux.  We could work
in an "environmentally-friendly" angle.  "Don't replace your hardware,
replace your software".  Maybe we could even qualify for a government
grant... aaaarrrrgggghhhh, what am I saying.

  I wouldn't be too surprised if Microsoft backed off for a year or so,
like they did with Win98SE.  But that'll simply make them look less
trustworthy to the public.

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