[dundee] Taylug Weekly Articles 8 - POMS

[Jason Cormie]

Gary Short wrote:
> Tim Spencer wrote:
>> 4. now what i was refering to that since ms is a company who has to 
>> secure its many costomers it has to have some level of security now ms 
>> forces major companies to jump on the band wagon called vista simply 
>> because it has seased its support for xp (i think).
> 
> No, it's only support for XP under SP1 that has ended, along with 98 and 
> ME. How does MS force major companies to upgrade to Vista? None of the 
> companies I work with have any plans to upgrade and they are not facing 
> any pressure from MS to do so - not even the ones that are Gold Partners.


A another year yet for XP before its cast out into the wilderness...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

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Jason Cormie