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Users Fight to Save Windows XP [You're gonna buy Vista whether you like it or not!]
www.physorg.com ^ | 04/13/2008 | By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer

Posted on 04/14/2008 6:23:53 AM PDT by Red Badger

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Neat policy. Make you product obsolete on a schedule.............
1 posted on 04/14/2008 6:23:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: ShadowAce

Ping!...............


2 posted on 04/14/2008 6:24:18 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red Badger

Not this boy. I’m just itching to give a mac a try.


3 posted on 04/14/2008 6:25:48 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Red Badger

“”It sort of hit us that, wait a minute, XP will be gone as of June 30. What are we going to do?” he said. “If no one does something, it’s going to be gone.””

Question, is the 6/30 deadline for the sale of XP or sale AND support?


4 posted on 04/14/2008 6:25:55 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Red Badger

“Neat policy. Make you product obsolete on a schedule.............”

The American auto industry was doing it before the Japanese came along. ;)


5 posted on 04/14/2008 6:26:33 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Red Badger

Microsoft’s next OS will be called “Ctrlaltdelete”


6 posted on 04/14/2008 6:27:08 AM PDT by Perdogg (Reagan would have never said "She's my girl")
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To: Red Badger

I have Vista, and must admit that XP is better. Microsoft seems to have a penchant for making things complicated.


7 posted on 04/14/2008 6:28:12 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Heh...hey I saw where Microsoft has already announced Windows 7 and Gates has said it will be ready in 12 months “or so.”

Is this admission that Vista sucks?


8 posted on 04/14/2008 6:28:36 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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No, support end July 1st...................No just kidding, support will continue (for a while, until MS decides they need another OS).............


9 posted on 04/14/2008 6:29:17 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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Not this boy. I’m just itching to give a mac a try.

My next computer will be a Mac......probably a laptop.

10 posted on 04/14/2008 6:30:00 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: Red Badger

lol...man my heart just stopped. Thanks a lot. ;)


11 posted on 04/14/2008 6:30:04 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Red Badger

I’ve been using Windows XP ever since it came out. I’m happy with it, and I don’t want to change.

I’ve worked with Vista - it’s a bloated piece of crap. Microsoft can have it. I don’t want it.


12 posted on 04/14/2008 6:30:37 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (feh)
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To: TheWasteLand

I, for one, am just about fed up with MS shoving a “new” and “improved” OS on me every couple of years, then pulling the rug out from under me when I buy it. I am seriously considering a MAC..................


13 posted on 04/14/2008 6:31:28 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Slapshot68

No, it’s an admission that once a product is released a new one will follow.

On a related note, I was shocked to find that my local BMW dealer refuses to sell me a 2001 3-series!


14 posted on 04/14/2008 6:33:41 AM PDT by Doohickey ("We cannot insure victory, but we can deserve it" - John Adams)
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To: Red Badger

There is no difference between Gates and the blood-suckers who run the Petroleum industry. They are cut from the same mold.


15 posted on 04/14/2008 6:33:53 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: Red Badger

Hey, isn’t that the philosophy that worked so well for the Detroit Big 3 (now the Small 3) auto makers back in the 50s and 60s.

GM, Ford and Chrysler STILL get love notes from Toyota and Nissan. (I’m driving MY second Sienna mini and LOVE it.)

If the ARROGANT Bill Gates follows through with this, I’ll also be adding to Steve Jobs’ fortunes.


16 posted on 04/14/2008 6:34:17 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Brilliant

Yep, I just purchased a new laptop five days ago and Vista stinks! Oh what I’d give to have XP again!


17 posted on 04/14/2008 6:34:39 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obama! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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To: Red Badger

There were five years between XP and Vista. Care to re-think that comment?


18 posted on 04/14/2008 6:34:40 AM PDT by Doohickey ("We cannot insure victory, but we can deserve it" - John Adams)
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To: Red Badger

To late. Already starting to convert to Apples.: )
See ya MS.


19 posted on 04/14/2008 6:34:43 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (All my bullets are dipped in PIG fat. How about yours?)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

What’s stinky about it?


20 posted on 04/14/2008 6:35:04 AM PDT by Doohickey ("We cannot insure victory, but we can deserve it" - John Adams)
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