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MICROSOFT could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system
by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not,
chief executive Steve Ballmer said.

"XP will hit an end-of-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," Mr Ballmer said on Thursday.

Microsoft has announced that it will stop licensing Windows XP to computer
makers and end retail sales by June 30.

Mr Ballmer said most retailers sold computers with Vista, the latest version
of its Windows operating system, and most consumers were choosing to buy
Vista.

Related stories
Leaked: Microsoft emails reveal problem with Vista
Antitrust: Microsoft hit with record $1.4 billion fine
Offer: Yahoo taunts Microsoft with Google ads
Some consumers have complained they were unable to buy XP at retail stores,
or as consumers. They say that in order to get XP they must buy their
computers as small businesses.

"In the business environment, we still have customers who are buying PCs
with XP" because information technology departments often have to work with
old machines, Mr Ballmer said.

Vista requires high-speed central processing units installed only in newer
machines.

Mr Ballmer was also asked whether the company would appeal against an 899
million euro ($1.51 billion) antitrust fine imposed by the Brussels-based
European Commission in February.

"I really have nothing to say about that today, sorry," he said.

The company must decide by early May whether to appeal to the European Court
of First Instance against the fine, imposed because the Commission found
Microsoft had charged rivals high prices to discourage software competition.

The court upheld a 497 million euro ($830.45 million) fine and other
antitrust penalties against Microsoft in a landmark decision in September.

Mr Ballmer was speaking at a news conference called to announce the
establishment of an "innovation centre" in the Belgian city of Mons, near
where rival Google has a data centre.

Mr Ballmer, asked whether Microsoft had decided to locate in Mons because
Google was there, said it had not.

He reiterated Microsoft's plan to go to Yahoo shareholders if that company
turned down its takeover offer of $US43.6 billion ($46.43 billion).

"We've sent them a letter that says, 'it's a good price, please let us know.
If you don't let us know, maybe your shareholders will think it's a good
price.'"

--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

I posted that here yesterday.....


"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>
> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>
> Have your say!
> Comments are open on this article - add yours
> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th
> CEO says Win XP could stay on shelves if customers complain
> Technology: Read more news and reviews in our tech section »
>
> MICROSOFT could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating
> system
> by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have
> not,
> chief executive Steve Ballmer said.
>
> "XP will hit an end-of-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," Mr Ballmer said on Thursday.
>
> Microsoft has announced that it will stop licensing Windows XP to computer
> makers and end retail sales by June 30.
>
> Mr Ballmer said most retailers sold computers with Vista, the latest
> version
> of its Windows operating system, and most consumers were choosing to buy
> Vista.
>
> Related stories
> Leaked: Microsoft emails reveal problem with Vista
> Antitrust: Microsoft hit with record $1.4 billion fine
> Offer: Yahoo taunts Microsoft with Google ads
> Some consumers have complained they were unable to buy XP at retail
> stores,
> or as consumers. They say that in order to get XP they must buy their
> computers as small businesses.
>
> "In the business environment, we still have customers who are buying PCs
> with XP" because information technology departments often have to work
> with
> old machines, Mr Ballmer said.
>
> Vista requires high-speed central processing units installed only in newer
> machines.
>
> Mr Ballmer was also asked whether the company would appeal against an 899
> million euro ($1.51 billion) antitrust fine imposed by the Brussels-based
> European Commission in February.
>
> "I really have nothing to say about that today, sorry," he said.
>
> The company must decide by early May whether to appeal to the European
> Court
> of First Instance against the fine, imposed because the Commission found
> Microsoft had charged rivals high prices to discourage software
> competition.
>
> The court upheld a 497 million euro ($830.45 million) fine and other
> antitrust penalties against Microsoft in a landmark decision in September.
>
> Mr Ballmer was speaking at a news conference called to announce the
> establishment of an "innovation centre" in the Belgian city of Mons, near
> where rival Google has a data centre.
>
> Mr Ballmer, asked whether Microsoft had decided to locate in Mons because
> Google was there, said it had not.
>
> He reiterated Microsoft's plan to go to Yahoo shareholders if that company
> turned down its takeover offer of $US43.6 billion ($46.43 billion).
>
> "We've sent them a letter that says, 'it's a good price, please let us
> know.
> If you don't let us know, maybe your shareholders will think it's a good
> price.'"
>
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia[/color]

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>
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> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th[/color]

Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?

Its relative because if XP is no longer sold, only vista will be sold. Thus
what happens to XP directly affects vista...

and anyway.. all that we need to say about vista has already been said> Its
Crap


"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:fusapq$197$1@news.mixmin.net...[color=blue]
> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>
>> Have your say!
>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th[/color]
>
> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?[/color]

Mick Murphy wrote:[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>
> Have your say![/color]

Not so fast:

[url]http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145059/no_change_in_xp_plan_despite_ballmer_comment_microsoft_says.html[/url]

Alias[color=blue]
> Comments are open on this article - add yours
> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th
> CEO says Win XP could stay on shelves if customers complain
> Technology: Read more news and reviews in our tech section »
>
> MICROSOFT could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system
> by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not,
> chief executive Steve Ballmer said.
>
> "XP will hit an end-of-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," Mr Ballmer said on Thursday.
>
> Microsoft has announced that it will stop licensing Windows XP to computer
> makers and end retail sales by June 30.
>
> Mr Ballmer said most retailers sold computers with Vista, the latest version
> of its Windows operating system, and most consumers were choosing to buy
> Vista.
>
> Related stories
> Leaked: Microsoft emails reveal problem with Vista
> Antitrust: Microsoft hit with record $1.4 billion fine
> Offer: Yahoo taunts Microsoft with Google ads
> Some consumers have complained they were unable to buy XP at retail stores,
> or as consumers. They say that in order to get XP they must buy their
> computers as small businesses.
>
> "In the business environment, we still have customers who are buying PCs
> with XP" because information technology departments often have to work with
> old machines, Mr Ballmer said.
>
> Vista requires high-speed central processing units installed only in newer
> machines.
>
> Mr Ballmer was also asked whether the company would appeal against an 899
> million euro ($1.51 billion) antitrust fine imposed by the Brussels-based
> European Commission in February.
>
> "I really have nothing to say about that today, sorry," he said.
>
> The company must decide by early May whether to appeal to the European Court
> of First Instance against the fine, imposed because the Commission found
> Microsoft had charged rivals high prices to discourage software competition.
>
> The court upheld a 497 million euro ($830.45 million) fine and other
> antitrust penalties against Microsoft in a landmark decision in September.
>
> Mr Ballmer was speaking at a news conference called to announce the
> establishment of an "innovation centre" in the Belgian city of Mons, near
> where rival Google has a data centre.
>
> Mr Ballmer, asked whether Microsoft had decided to locate in Mons because
> Google was there, said it had not.
>
> He reiterated Microsoft's plan to go to Yahoo shareholders if that company
> turned down its takeover offer of $US43.6 billion ($46.43 billion).
>
> "We've sent them a letter that says, 'it's a good price, please let us know.
> If you don't let us know, maybe your shareholders will think it's a good
> price.'"
>[/color]

That would be "relevant" or "pertinent", but not "relative". Are you
suggesting that Microsoft should dump the entire Vista code base and start
development of a new operating system based on XP? It sure seems so.

Cheers,

Earle

"vishhiita prime" <vee@shhhita.ch> wrote in message
news:4811af03@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> Its relative because if XP is no longer sold, only vista will be sold.
> Thus what happens to XP directly affects vista...
>
> and anyway.. all that we need to say about vista has already been said>
> Its Crap
>
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fusapq$197$1@news.mixmin.net...[color=green]
>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>>
>>> Have your say!
>>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th[/color]
>>
>> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?[/color]
>
>[/color]

> suggesting that Microsoft should dump the entire Vista code base and start[color=blue]
> development of a new operating system based on XP? It sure seems so.[/color]

great idea!

"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@live.com> wrote in message
news:57206065-7F30-4D82-8E83-6DEF5FA00F52@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> That would be "relevant" or "pertinent", but not "relative". Are you
> suggesting that Microsoft should dump the entire Vista code base and start
> development of a new operating system based on XP? It sure seems so.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Earle
>
> "vishhiita prime" <vee@shhhita.ch> wrote in message
> news:4811af03@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>> Its relative because if XP is no longer sold, only vista will be sold.
>> Thus what happens to XP directly affects vista...
>>
>> and anyway.. all that we need to say about vista has already been said>
>> Its Crap
>>
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:fusapq$197$1@news.mixmin.net...[color=darkred]
>>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>>>
>>>> Have your say!
>>>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>>>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th
>>>
>>> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?[/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]

"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>
>> Have your say!
>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th[/color]
>
> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?[/color]

Take pity on them Gordon, they make Forrest Gump look like Einstein by
comparison.

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"vishhiita prime" <vee@shhhita.ch> wrote in message
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> Its relative because if XP is no longer sold, only vista will be sold.
> Thus what happens to XP directly affects vista...
>
> and anyway.. all that we need to say about vista has already been said>
> Its Crap[/color]

And everyone says YOU are crap, yet YOU keep opening YOUR pie hole.

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>
>
> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fusapq$197$1@news.mixmin.net...[color=green]
>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>>
>>> Have your say!
>>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th[/color]
>>
>> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?[/color]
>
>[/color]

"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@live.com> wrote in message
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> That would be "relevant" or "pertinent", but not "relative". Are you
> suggesting that Microsoft should dump the entire Vista code base and start
> development of a new operating system based on XP? It sure seems so.[/color]

He doesn't even know what he is saying from one minute to the other. Like
the other smacktards he makes stuff up as he goes along.

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> "vishhiita prime" <vee@shhhita.ch> wrote in message
> news:4811af03@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>> Its relative because if XP is no longer sold, only vista will be sold.
>> Thus what happens to XP directly affects vista...
>>
>> and anyway.. all that we need to say about vista has already been said>
>> Its Crap
>>
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:fusapq$197$1@news.mixmin.net...[color=darkred]
>>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>>>
>>>> Have your say!
>>>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>>>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th
>>>
>>> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?[/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]

whatever I have said about vista is based an a very in depth understanding
of what makes an OS good or not.

the funny posts and comments are only added for amusement. Its just that
some people are too dorky to understand *see dark sentinel idiot"


"DarkSentinel" <darkmungesentinel@munge.charter.munge.net> wrote in message
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> "Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@live.com> wrote in message
> news:57206065-7F30-4D82-8E83-6DEF5FA00F52@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> That would be "relevant" or "pertinent", but not "relative". Are you
>> suggesting that Microsoft should dump the entire Vista code base and
>> start development of a new operating system based on XP? It sure seems
>> so.[/color]
>
> He doesn't even know what he is saying from one minute to the other. Like
> the other smacktards he makes stuff up as he goes along.
>
> --
> Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.
> [url]http://www.lockergnome.com/darksentinel[/url]
> Undo the munge to reply by email
>
>
>
>[color=green]
>> "vishhiita prime" <vee@shhhita.ch> wrote in message
>> news:4811af03@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=darkred]
>>> Its relative because if XP is no longer sold, only vista will be sold.
>>> Thus what happens to XP directly affects vista...
>>>
>>> and anyway.. all that we need to say about vista has already been said>
>>> Its Crap
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:fusapq$197$1@news.mixmin.net...
>>>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:A26F9DE6-C45B-448C-B9B6-4AB819985C3B@microsoft.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23596814-5014239,00.html[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>> Have your say!
>>>>> Comments are open on this article - add yours
>>>>> Microsoft planning to phase out Windows XP on June 30th
>>>>
>>>> Note the title of this group. Do you see "XP" in it anywhere?
>>>
>>>[/color][/color][/color]

vishhiita prime wrote:
[color=blue]
> whatever I have said about vista is based an a very in depth understanding
> of what makes an OS good or not.[/color]

Stupidity? Incompetence? Lack of intelligence? Inflated ego? Need to be
noticed?
Or all of the above?[color=blue]
>
> the funny posts and comments are only added for amusement. Its just that
> some people are too dorky to understand *see dark sentinel idiot"[/color]

You're referring to yourself of course...LOL!
Frank

I have a need to be noticed by intelligent people who like to discuss about
vista as I would notice them
if their post were good, and Indeed I have seem some very good posts by some
people that do not include you

SO! Please ignore my posts and stop replying to EVERYTHING I post ok?

Being ignored by frank would be a blessing.. kill file me PLEASE!

"Frank" <fab@notspam.com> wrote in message
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> vishhiita prime wrote:
>[color=green]
>> whatever I have said about vista is based an a very in depth
>> understanding of what makes an OS good or not.[/color]
>
> Stupidity? Incompetence? Lack of intelligence? Inflated ego? Need to be
> noticed?
> Or all of the above?[color=green]
>>
>> the funny posts and comments are only added for amusement. Its just that
>> some people are too dorky to understand *see dark sentinel idiot"[/color]
>
> You're referring to yourself of course...LOL!
> Frank[/color]

Clear Windows wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have a need to be noticed...[/color]
----------------------------------------------
That is the only true statement you've ever made.
Frank

Frank wrote:[color=blue]
> Clear Windows wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I have a need to be noticed...[/color]
> ----------------------------------------------
> That is the only true statement you've ever made.
> Frank[/color]

It's better than your incestuous and bestiality needs.

Alias