Canuck57 wrote:

> "Dzomlija" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> news:78f883a1739f2b23e390a1582e999540@nntp-gateway.com...
>
>>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.
>
>
Yeah well, they only had two linux editions to sell.
Frank