Gregg Eldred

My main interest in posting this is due to the headline. "Dirt Nap," that's funny.

Any way, Microsoft is not budging from it's June 30 end-of-life date for Windows XP.

In a thank you letter sent to customers Monday, Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Microsoft's Online Services and Windows Business Group, reiterated Microsoft's June 30 end-of-life date for XP and said Microsoft plans to continue supporting XP with security updates and other critical updates until April 2014.

However, you may still be able to purchase systems with Windows XP until January 31, 2009, from your reseller. Microsoft is also allowing the "downgrade" from Vista to XP to continue. 

Microsoft's Bill Veghte, senior vice-president of the Windows Group, says that the "market's perception of Vista is quite different from the reality." I base my reality on the experiences of my blogger friends. Maybe I've been wrong.

But I doubt it.

Link: CRN.com: Microsoft Won't Budge On Windows XP Dirt Nap

Comment posted by Keith Brooks06/25/2008 07:45:40 PM
Homepage: http://www.vanessabrooks.com

As a Vista user i can't really complain about it. Bu tthen if I need to access a client via their VPN(which is usually years outdated) it will not run with Vista.
I also have an issue with Quicken.
But aside form that nothing major.

Comment posted by Gregg Eldred06/25/2008 10:03:59 PM
Homepage: http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf

@Keith: After thinking about your comment, I would have to say that there are more people that are vocal that it is crap, than there are that make comments like you. I don't use it, so I only have the blogosphere to help form an opinion.

I may have to expand my circle of bloggers to get a more well rounded opinion.