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More backpedaling.from MS... why? because everyone just simply wants an OS
that works.. and that is XP, not the Fiasco called Vista!
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http://keznews.com/3501_Microsoft_To_Extend_Windows_XP_Deadline_For_OEMs
Microsoft will announce later today that it will give OEMs six additional
months to sell PCs with Windows XP installed, CRN has learned.
Microsoft is extending the deadline for sales of new direct OEM PCs with
Windows XP installed from January 31, 2008 to June 30, 2008, according to
sources close to the company.
"The named accounts, the ones that have volume, have complained about the
end of life for XP, and that's because adoption of Windows Vista has been
slow," said one Microsoft partner who requested anonymity. "This is a pretty
important development for larger partners, and it's also somewhat surprising
because it shows that they've been listening to us."
The move comes as little surprise to VARs and system builders who have been
ripping Windows Vista off the desktops and notebooks they sell and replacing
it with Windows XP ever since the next generation operating system debuted
in January.
"We don't really do anything with Vista right now, the requests are few and
far between," said Douglas Lee, CFO and director of business development at
BostonTech Partners, a Canton, Mass., solution provider.
source: crn.com
that works.. and that is XP, not the Fiasco called Vista!
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http://keznews.com/3501_Microsoft_To_Extend_Windows_XP_Deadline_For_OEMs
Microsoft will announce later today that it will give OEMs six additional
months to sell PCs with Windows XP installed, CRN has learned.
Microsoft is extending the deadline for sales of new direct OEM PCs with
Windows XP installed from January 31, 2008 to June 30, 2008, according to
sources close to the company.
"The named accounts, the ones that have volume, have complained about the
end of life for XP, and that's because adoption of Windows Vista has been
slow," said one Microsoft partner who requested anonymity. "This is a pretty
important development for larger partners, and it's also somewhat surprising
because it shows that they've been listening to us."
The move comes as little surprise to VARs and system builders who have been
ripping Windows Vista off the desktops and notebooks they sell and replacing
it with Windows XP ever since the next generation operating system debuted
in January.
"We don't really do anything with Vista right now, the requests are few and
far between," said Douglas Lee, CFO and director of business development at
BostonTech Partners, a Canton, Mass., solution provider.
source: crn.com