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From the News Desk
Friday, 25. April 2008
Microsoft Might Rethink Before it Stops Windows XP
Microsoft might reconsider the decision to phase out Windows XP operating system in June, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer reportedly said during a conference held at Louvain-La-Neuve University in Belgium. Windows XP, the 6-year-old operating system, was set to be taken off of store shelves on June 30th of 2008 and fans of the operating system started sounding off in complaint of the decision.
Those fans continue to sing the praises of Windows XP and its Superiority over Windows Vista since it's launch in January 2007 along with numerous lukewarm reviews. To date, approximately 160,000 people have signed an online petition to "Save XP" and want Microsoft to keep selling the operating system until the next version of windows is released, which is currently set for 2010.
"XP will hit an end-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smarter but right now we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments," Ballmer said, according to Reuters.
Microsoft has previously said that it would stop making Windows XP available to large PC vendors on June 30, to independent system builders in 2009, and to manufacturers of low-cost computers incapable of running Windows Vista in 2010.
Those fans continue to sing the praises of Windows XP and its Superiority over Windows Vista since it's launch in January 2007 along with numerous lukewarm reviews. To date, approximately 160,000 people have signed an online petition to "Save XP" and want Microsoft to keep selling the operating system until the next version of windows is released, which is currently set for 2010.
"XP will hit an end-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smarter but right now we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments," Ballmer said, according to Reuters.
Microsoft has previously said that it would stop making Windows XP available to large PC vendors on June 30, to independent system builders in 2009, and to manufacturers of low-cost computers incapable of running Windows Vista in 2010.
