End of windows xp

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Is it true that windows xp will be phased out within 2 years
if it is true what a shame, I think xp was a good os,will we still get
updates after the 2 years.

And is it true that windows vista will be the last os that microsoft as
released, if so will we just get updates for windows vista for how long?

Thanks
IQON
 
Is it true that windows xp will be phased out within 2 years
if it is true what a shame, I think xp was a good os,will we still get
updates after the 2 years.

And is it true that windows vista will be the last os that microsoft as
released, if so will we just get updates for windows vista for how long?

Thanks
IQON
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IMHO - it's not as good as Linux, but certainly better than vista at this
point.
 
Products Released General Availability Date Mainstream Support Retired
Extended Support Retired
Windows XP Home Edition 31/12/2001 14/04/2009 08/04/2014
Does this mean windows xp will be Retired on 14/04/2009 but will still get
Extended updates till 08/04/2014
 
Things will get better like xp at the begining it had loads of bugs, I like
windows vista alot but does need loads of memory amd cpu power. It will
improve in time took xp 6 years, with all the updates now last count i think
was well over 100.
Things take time.
IQON
 
It means that XP will get security updates until the 2014 date.

And no, Vista will not be the last Microsoft operating system.
 
iqon said:
Things will get better like xp at the begining it had loads of bugs, I
like
windows vista alot but does need loads of memory amd cpu power. It will
improve in time took xp 6 years, with all the updates now last count i
think
was well over 100.
Things take time.
IQON
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Nice response to a troll...

Good luck with Vista.

Lang
 
* Alias:
You mean there are plans are for Vienna to be the next one but with the
lack of success of Vista and the Web 2.0 trend, that's debatable. Did
you know that MS is dumping OE and Windows Mail for Windows Mail Live,
the new "Hotmail"? See:

http://www.computerworld.com/action...ArticleBasic&articleId=9018858&intsrc=hm_list
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Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Hotmail are two separate products.

Windows Live Mail is a desktop client, and, of course, Windows Live Hotmail
is the web based application.

While this is going to be extremely confusing for a lot of users, XP and Vista
users, especially Vista users, I applaud Microsoft for dumping Windows Mail-
it is just a terrible piece of software... it's why I switched to Thunderbird for
reading newsgroups. Microsoft will also be getting rid of graphical ads in
Windows Live Mail. I don't know if that also means those "relevant" links users
get in the search pan, we'll see. One of my biggest complaints about Hotmail
was the inability to retrieve those emails from Outlook, unless you paid for it.
Now, there will be a new Outlook Connector that will allow that again. I think
that's a good thing Microsoft has done.

User confusion aside, I believe Microsoft has done the right thing. Admitting
OE was getting outdated and providing XP users with a new email client.
Of course, I don't think OE users will be forced to use Windows Live Mail
if they don't want to.
Also, basically admitting WinMail was flawed, needs to be replaced, and doing
so without dragging it out, is something Microsoft doesn't often do. Which
is why, IMO, they deserve some credit for this. Sure, it's gotten confusing and
Microsoft should have never put WinMail into Vista in the first place.
In the end, this consolidation makes the most sense.


-Michael
 
Alias said:
Lang's definition of a troll: anyone that disagrees with him.

Alias
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No... Lang's definition of a troll is someone who puts up hundreds of posts
in this NG about Linux but only posts, like, 2 or 3 posts in the ubuntu ng
in the same span of time.

Troll.

Lang
 
Lang said:
No... Lang's definition of a troll is someone who puts up hundreds of
posts in this NG about Linux but only posts, like, 2 or 3 posts in the
ubuntu ng in the same span of time.

Troll.

Lang
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The people in the Unbuntu ng already know about Ubuntu. The good people
who are frustrated with Vista don't. I am providing information they
need, not trolling.

Just yesterday someone came into my office and asked me what was on my
Ubuntu machine. I burned a CD for them and they happily went home to
install it.

Alias
 
Alias said:
The people in the Unbuntu ng already know about Ubuntu. The good people
who are frustrated with Vista don't. I am providing information they
need, not trolling.

Just yesterday someone came into my office and asked me what was on my
Ubuntu machine. I burned a CD for them and they happily went home to
install it.

Alias
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Bullshit, stop lying!
You're one of a handful of known urbuttoo trolls who've tried (in vain!)
to invade this ng.
Frank
 
Alias said:
The people in the Unbuntu ng already know about Ubuntu. The good people
who are frustrated with Vista don't. I am providing information they need,
not trolling.

Just yesterday someone came into my office and asked me what was on my
Ubuntu machine. I burned a CD for them and they happily went home to
install it.

Alias
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Numbers don't lie. You post hundreds of posts in this ng about how great
ubuntu is. You post one or two msgs in the ubuntu ng. You're a troll. Accept
it.

Lang
 
Lang said:
Numbers don't lie. You post hundreds of posts in this ng about how great
ubuntu is. You post one or two msgs in the ubuntu ng. You're a troll.
Accept it.

Lang
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Numbers mean nothing. I rarely need help with Ubuntu and there are far
more qualified people in the Ubuntu group to help the newbies than I.
You don't, of course, know how many posts I read and obviously haven't
been a part of my IRC discussions with qualified Ubuntu users.

Now be a good little boy and go defrag your C drive, update your anti
virus and anti malware apps and don't forget to empty your temp files.
Btw, these Windows activities are not done in Linux.

Alias
 
Alias said:
Numbers mean nothing. I rarely need help with Ubuntu and there are far
more qualified people in the Ubuntu group to help the newbies than I. You
don't, of course, know how many posts I read and obviously haven't been a
part of my IRC discussions with qualified Ubuntu users.

Now be a good little boy and go defrag your C drive, update your anti
virus and anti malware apps and don't forget to empty your temp files.
Btw, these Windows activities are not done in Linux.

Alias
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Well... I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this.

As to Linux as a desktop system. Yeah, it's great until one has to delve
deeper than the UI. Then... it's not so user friendly. Anyone that denies
that is... well... wrong, imho. And understand... I'm not dissin' any flavor
of nix... you like it, have at it. But don't think your "...be a good little
boy..." crack proves otherwise.

Lang
 
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