Microsoft Taking Official Petitions to Keep XP Alive

Adam Albright wrote:

Hint: How many computers you have has absolutely no relevance to your
knowledge of computers.


Awfully true.

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Adam Albright wrote:

Hint: How many computers you have has absolutely no relevance to your
knowledge of computers.


Awfully true.

--
Mats Peterson
http://www.geocities.com/matsp888/

Adam Albright wrote:

Hint: How many computers you have has absolutely no relevance to your
knowledge of computers.


Awfully true.

--
Mats Peterson
http://www.geocities.com/matsp888/

On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:31:07 -0700, Frank wrote:

Billy Smith wrote:


"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:53 -0700, Frank wrote:

wrote:

On Jun 2, 11:42 am, RHF wrote:

D'Oh ! - The Future of Windows XP -according-to- Microsoft
Corp.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...xp/future.mspx

Windows XP will be Gone in June 2008 ? - NOT !

MS Says - Windows XP Sales will Stop on 30 June 2008.

Note - Some Existing 'new' Old-Stock of Windows XP presently
in Retailers Inventory may be available until 2009 or longer.

MS Says - Technical Support [Service Pack Downloads] for
Window XP will be provided by Microsoft Corp until 2014.

OK - What is the Problem ?

Yeah -if- You buy a New Computer you will likely get stuck
with have Micorsoft's VISTA pre-installed -but- your Old PC
that is running Windows XP will have support for Five (5)
more years.

Hopefully within those Five (5) Years Microsoft will have
something better than VISTA as their latest super-dupper
OS : Plus you will have a lot of new Hardware to Want-to-Buy.

-ps- Five (5) Years is almost Two (2) Life Cycles in the ever
changing Softwave-and-Hardware Turn-Over-and-Upgrade
PC Users Dilemma.

and . . . that's the way i see it ~ RHF
.

On May 30, 5:07 am, David wrote:


On May 30, 6:20 am, "xfile" wrote:


My two cents,


I don't see the needs for customers to sign any petitions. It's
the product
provider's job to find out if their product is well accepted by
the market
or not. And it's their product so they have every right for
making the
decision. If they think Vista is so good, just terminate XP and
make
Windows 7 even more like Vista. Of course, it's also them who
have to take
the consequences of that decision. Life finds a way, so no need
to beg
anyone for keeping a product or not.


"Clear Windows" wrote in message


...


http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/0...ng-official-pe...



If you can remember back a few weeks, Steve Ballmer went on
record saying
that Microsoft would consider extending the life of Windows XP
if enough
people asked for it. Afterall, many people don't want to upgrade to
Windows Vista because they are perfectly content with XP. The
problem was
there was no way to ask for it. Sure, you could sign one of the
many
online petitions, but Microsoft considers those "non-official
complaints"
and the rest of us simply consider them silly.


Well, word has been passed down to the tech support teams (and
then on to
Neowin) that they are to begin logging any calls that come in
for the sole
purpose of requesting an extension to the retail life of Windows
XP. The
calls will be logged and, if enough complaints are filed,
Microsoft will
consider giving XP some more time (no pinky promises, though).


If you wish to file an official petition yourself, you can
simply call the
Windows XP Home Edition support numbers for your country and let
the
operator know that you wish to file an official complaint.
Because we're
so nice and want to save you the trouble, here are the numbers
for a
majority of Neowin's visitors:


United States: (866) 234-6020
United Kingdom: 0870 60 10 100
Canada: (800) 936-8479


If your country isn't listed, you can visit the Microsoft
Support Site,
choose your country, choose Windows XP Home Edition as your
product and
then go to 'Contacts' for the appropriate support number.


I disagree with their methodology but will make the call.


Windows XP is fast, RELIABLE, and meets the needs of the vast
majority
of PC users


United States: (866) 234-6020
United Kingdom: 0870 60 10 100
Canada: (800) 936-8479


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- But the problem is that whatever Microsoft comes up with to replace
Vista will be the same resource Hog Vista is now;
- with no substantial gain.

And you know this because...?

- Imagine how nice it would be to have a REALLY fast, reliable PC that
ran on Some Future Iteration of hardware


I've got multiple installs of that OS right now...it's called Vista!


- but had Reliable, Familiar Windows XP as its OS


Why? Once you become familiar with Vista, then XP seems old, slow and
clunky...just W2K did after we became familiar with XP.


- tapping into whatever faster Internet / server farm is standard
down teh road.


????????????????????????


Worth Saving Windows XP, in the opinion of over 200,000


Yeah right. You don't think for one second that 200,000 individuals
responded do you?
If so, lets talk about some very fine bridges I happens to know of that
are for sale...LOL!
Also blogs are now becoming click-and-I-get-cash cows. Any resemblance
to a real e-rag news outlet is delusional at best.
Frank


Frank knows all about delusional. It's his life.


Sure you do, Madeline

Most people fine it rather strange that the real malcontents in this ng
are the ones who can't get their installs of vista to run properly.

Well Frank you can't deny you're the malcontent and anyone wishing to
invest some time at Google will dig out one of your posts where YOU
admitted you needed to call Microsoft support to help YOU get Vista up
and running.

Sorry Bubba, the truth sometimes hurts.

On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:53:44 -0700, Dave wrote:

Adam Albright wrote:

Even dumber is the director of CNBC's popular "Fast Money" show that
features motor mouth anchor Dyland Ratigan and four "experts" giving
stock tips each trying to out talk each other. While I find the banter
often interesting, the director constantly makes fast cuts to show one
of the experts not talking while you still hear the one that is. This
probably was a accident originally, but now it seems to be a "feature"
of the show with whoever the director switches to as soon as they're
aware the camera is on them they ham it up, like smirk or roll their
eyes or do something else silly while the other guy is still heard
talking. I don't get it.

CNBC is a window into Hell. Those people sold their souls for money.


I wonder if the Devil uses Vista.

On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:59:39 -0700, Dave wrote:

Unknown wrote:
With approximately 180 million computers running Windows XP and you have a
problem, does that tell you anything?
At any given time, at least 180,000,000 people are in a living Hell?

Maybe you found the cause of global warming. giggle

On June 30, Microsoft is scheduled to pull the OEM distribution plug
on Windows XP. In 30 days. That's all before the older operating
system largely disappears from new PCs. The "largely" qualifier is
because downgrade rights will still be available to some customers,
and system builders can ship PCs with XP through January 2009.

Was thinking about buying a copy of XP, but decided not to. One license per
PC is good enough, and while Vista is unsuitable for my needs, the thought
of being double dipped just ticks me off.

Very few "home" customers have the legal ability to downgrade without at
least a purchase of XP OEM of one version or another.

wrote in message
...

- But the problem is that whatever Microsoft comes up with to replace
Vista will be the same resource Hog Vista is now;
- with no substantial gain.

We know this to be true as it has already been stated Win 7 is based on
Vista. So in fact, todays Vista users are Microsoft beta testers.

- Imagine how nice it would be to have a REALLY fast, reliable PC that
ran on Some Future Iteration of hardware

Ubuntu, Fedora and XP.

XP you say? I think slowly Microsoft is getting the message. They dusted
off mothball plans for XP becasue Vista was too fat and slow for Eee PC.
And Eee PC with Linux was and still is selling pretty good. So the choice
was to revivce XP for the Eee PC or not participate. XP will be around for
a long time to come.

- but had Reliable, Familiar Windows XP as its OS

If you know XP, moving to Ubuntu or Fedora is not as bad as it sounds. In
fact, the menus are much better organized.

- tapping into whatever faster Internet / server farm is standard
down teh road.

There is no doubt a Linux based system will do the internet. Virtually
every common internet protocol out there existed on UNIX/Linux before
M-Windows. And even many that most that are not in the internet.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
RHF wrote:


-ps- Five (5) Years is almost Two (2) Life Cycles in the ever
changing Softwave-and-Hardware Turn-Over-and-Upgrade
PC Users Dilemma.

This is stupid. There is no reason to overhaul your PC every 30 months.
Think of the toxic waste. My computer uses 12 Watts.

Eee PC?

wrote in message
...


Windows XP is fast, RELIABLE, and meets the needs of the vast
majority of PC users

Agreed. XP is now seasoned with the kinks ironed out and now they want to
discontinue it.

All that does is support an already bloated and costly PC support business
to release beta-Vista and discontinue XP.

Save Windows XP

Microsoft will make more money if they kill it. Customer needs and
preferences are down the priority list somewhere. Plus, the egg factor.
Corporate executives often would rather lose customers than admit they
fouled up something fearce.

The vast majority of people I know are moving from Windows to a Mac;

They just made Apples half the floor space on my last visit to the local
computer store. And 2/3rds the people were in that space. No doubt, Apple
is getting the high end.

But looking at the low end, Eee PC, they can't keep the Linux versions in
stock.

I think Microsoft would notice at some point that it's consumer base
is eroding..

They get the numbers faster than anyone else. I am sure they are aware.

It's really a shame that a safe, reliable OS like Windows XP is being
abandoned by Microsoft

Self destructive actually.

Is THAT what you are?
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Unknown wrote:
You make it perfectly obvious you know nothing about programming, the
business of it, or the testing of the product.
What for example would be your test standards?

You prove my point:

Windows makes people uptight and paranoid.

Adam Albright wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:47:08 -0400, "Billy Smith"
wrote:


Yeah, adam albright is the real nut case of this ng.
Frank
Watch it now, you might upset him and he will throw a temper tantrum. He's
so tightly wound now that he can't use his computer correctly. He might
heaven forbid go postal on it.

Oh wow, another jackass spreading Frank's stupid lies. Just wondering
which one of you is dumb and the other dumber?


I don't know Albright. You do seem to be carrying a loose in the mind
six pack of empty cans.

Canuck57 wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
...
RHF wrote:

-ps- Five (5) Years is almost Two (2) Life Cycles in the ever
changing Softwave-and-Hardware Turn-Over-and-Upgrade
PC Users Dilemma.

This is stupid. There is no reason to overhaul your PC every 30 months.
Think of the toxic waste. My computer uses 12 Watts.

Eee PC?


Everex WalMart special with a Via C7D motherboard and a switching power
supply. It's a desktop. I also have an Eee 4G Surf subnotebook. Less
is more.

Unknown wrote:
Is THAT what you are?

It depends on how much speed I take.

On Jun 2, 10:33*pm, wrote:
On Jun 2, 10:25*pm, Adam Albright wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:14:20 -0400, "Billy Smith"

wrote:
I use all of my computers in about a weeks time frame. One to keep them
updated and the other for business purposes.

So many here have no idea what they're doing or why they do it. Based
on what you just said it suggests your turn on your computer merely to
see then install any new updates.

Oh wow, I'm impressed. That's like opening the refrigerator door
slowly to see if you can confirm the light really goes out.

http://www.neowin.net/index.php

On June 30, Microsoft is scheduled to pull the OEM distribution plug
on Windows XP. In 30 days. That's all before the older operating
system largely disappears from new PCs. The "largely" qualifier is
because downgrade rights will still be available to some customers,
and system builders can ship PCs with XP through January 2009.

The next 30 days are crucial for anyone still wanting to easily obtain
Windows XP on new PCs. But why wait? Why not try Vista, and only
Vista, for the next 30 days? Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock pioneered the
30-days concept in the movie "Supersize Me," where he only ate
McDonalds food for, you guessed it, 30 days. The concept continues in
the FX series "30 Days." I don't believe that Morgan has done a 30-day
stretch with Windows Vista, but maybe he should.



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