Microsoft Corp. yesterday laid to rest rumors that it might reconsider pulling Windows XP from retail shelves and from most PC makers next Monday.
In a letter to customers, Bill Veghte, the senior vice president who leads Microsoft's online and Windows business groups, reiterated that June 30 would be the deadline when Microsoft halts shipments of boxed copies to retailers and stops licensing the operating system directly to major computer manufacturers, or OEMs (original equipment manufacturers).
Microsoft will, however, still be supporting Windows XP for the next few years so all is not doom and gloom. I suspect that many people, like me, will continue to use XP, skip Vista, then move to Windows 7. I really think that Microsoft need to make a decision the way Apple did and develop an OS with no backward compatibility. Trying to support what is already a bloated and buggy system in every new release is just plain stupid.
Update 27 June 2008 from My Broadband
With just days to go before Microsoft finally stops selling Windows XP, the company has bowed to consumer pressure by agreeing to extend support for the operating system until 2014. Microsoft has also confirmed that Windows 7, the successor to its current Vista operating system, will be made available in 2010.
This is good news because we can continue to get support for XP. There will be less pressure, especially in the corporate environment, to rush to Vista.
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