"Dzomlija" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Clear Windows;730867 Wrote:
>> 'Neowin.net - Microsoft Taking Official Petitions to Keep XP Alive'
>> (http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/0...ons-to-keep-xp)
>>
>> 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.
>
> Deja Vu!
>
> Isn't that what General Motors done with their "EV1" electric car back
> in the mid 1990's? And how many of those same EV1's are now on the
> roads?
>
> XP is old, antiquated and no longer able to meat the needs of
> consumers. Anybody who want to keep it going is either unwilling or
> unable to accept change.
>
> If Microsoft where to ever launch an online poll where people can vote
> to keep XP, mine would be NO.

If you buy the Eee PC, you can get a new copy of XP in it. So I guess in a
way, you can still get XP OEM with an Eee PC XP version which answers the
question above.

BTW, it appears Amazon has the Eee PC XP in stock, they seem to instantly
sell out of the Linux versions.