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To save face Microsoft won't extend the deadline again?

Come on. With the consequence being hundreds of thousands of those eee PCs going out with Linux (not to mention WIBRAINs and EVERUNs) no exec in their right mind would allow XP in emerging markets only. They already have to support it through 2011 in emerging markets, so it really costs them nothing to keep selling it everywhere.

My personal opinion is they should rework XP into a streamlined OS for highly portable devices... the software equivalent of how Intel went back to the Pentium 3 after the P4 fiasco in order to evolve a better architecture.
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Disagree with your conclusion  croberts | 04/01/08
conclusion  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 04/01/08
today's new PCs are tomorrows low-cost pc  xTalk | 04/02/08
Not convinced  ac567@... | 04/03/08
The Weakness of M$ is Tactic and Strategy !  pobstar1@... | 04/03/08
Coincidental date?  james3mg | 04/01/08
Maybe it's time...  nix_hed | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  Dataland | 04/01/08
Ballmer leaving? If that's true...  JCitizen | 04/02/08
Always doubt an ariticle posted 2008/04/01  tmccorm | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  jeffs0413@... | 04/01/08
'vista capable lawsuit'  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
Vista vs. XP  Zolar | 04/02/08
Vista vs XP security  steven.eynon@... | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  jeffs0413@... | 04/01/08
Just Proves Vista Is A POS  itanalyst2@... | 04/02/08
Not really  CobraA1 | 04/02/08
Message has been deleted.  XweAponX | 04/02/08
Not on mine, it won't...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/02/08
Vista is A POS???  bwchato | 04/02/08
Um, why would he want it if he thinks it's a PoS? (nt)  tikigawd | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  mrtylerdurden | 04/02/08
10 year plan for Vista??????  bfilipiak@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  BackupBoy | 04/02/08
I doubt it  CobraA1 | 04/02/08
Re: I doubt it  philpenn | 04/02/08
Message has been deleted.  bfilipiak@... | 04/02/08
You missed my point  philpenn | 04/02/08
doubt it  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
Especially when you can get...  JCitizen | 04/02/08
Message has been deleted.  rtk | 04/02/08
Message has been deleted.  JCitizen | 04/11/08
MS is world renowned for...  brokndodge@... | 04/02/08
Um...concede?  techboy_z | 04/02/08
Windows Vista Security is Vastly Superior to Windows XP!  cnfrisch | 04/02/08
Improved security doesn't mean better...  arkware | 04/02/08
But...  cashaww | 04/02/08
There are always those that argue..  JCitizen | 04/02/08
Adopting Vista -- Here's what the experts say  cnfrisch | 04/02/08
How is Vista more secure than XP?  {DvT}Hex | 04/02/08
Vista more secure than XP  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
Vista More Secure  bwchato | 04/02/08
Vista More  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
Vista's pretty much been fixed - for what it's worth.  jlafitte | 04/02/08
pretty much been fixed  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
Vastly more secure  bwchato | 04/02/08
WOW I'm totally convinced now!  d.the.duck | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  rtaplin@... | 04/02/08
markets apply  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
But when does support end?  stephengoteven@... | 04/02/08
See official Microsoft timeline...  randysmith@... | 04/02/08
it will change. a bet ?  llval@... | 04/03/08
when does support end?  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  jneilson | 04/02/08
Ahhh A Valid Point  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  jmn@... | 04/02/08
UAC can be disabled  arkware | 04/02/08
'execution stay'  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  ceh4702 | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  malc@... | 04/02/08
I dont have any intentions of using XP for at least 1 year  m38817@... | 04/02/08
Another Point!  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
not a point at all.  rtk | 04/02/08
Lest we forget...  DB_z | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  harveydavis@... | 04/02/08
Vista = Windows 98ME  harveydavis@... | 04/02/08
Sir I use Vista and Me and Vista is no ME  socialism=nowhere | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  Stang_z | 04/02/08
RE: Vista is the next Win95, wait for sp2  MrTitanium | 04/02/08
And the road goes ever on....  jlafitte | 04/02/08
XP or Ubuntu, the choice is Microsofts  Go_Figure | 04/02/08
OH My  aussieblnd@... | 04/02/08
Oh my  nimrod666 | 04/02/08
Oh my - Cut Go_Figure Some Slack!  coopergail@... | 04/02/08
Meanwhile they are "capable" ...  JCitizen | 04/12/08
wow  rtk | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  asksigma6@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  kbjester@... | 04/02/08
Kill XP now!  Narg | 04/02/08
BULLS--T.  jlafitte | 04/02/08
I agree, sorta...  JCitizen | 04/12/08
No it doesn't, thank god...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/02/08
Why would they...  rtk | 04/02/08
Because...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/08
but....  rtk | 04/03/08
Nope...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/08
And another thing...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/08
re: Nope  rtk | 04/03/08
Here we go again...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/03/08
ain't that the truth.  rtk | 04/04/08
Sho iz...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/04/08
re: Sho iz...  rtk | 04/04/08
grin (laughing)  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/04/08
XP  john santori | 04/02/08
Let me guess, vista gave you a keyboard error? (nt)  rtk | 04/02/08
Xp going away  atari8bit@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  rfpcs@... | 04/02/08
the new lowcost laptops will grant a longer life  llval@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  w_c_mead | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  dshcpa | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  ke4yoi@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  mwagner@... | 04/02/08
Dell's contract with Microsoft?  BALTHOR | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  MyBlueRex | 04/02/08
Vista VS XP VS Enterprise Agreements  g_spot | 04/02/08
Ha, Ha, ha,...  mikifinaz1@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  phil@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  howardweatherly | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  edwin.uy@... | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  edwin.uy@... | 04/02/08
Microsoft will extend XP, I think  chas_2 | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  atari8bit@... | 04/02/08
the vast majority of PCs sold today  rtk | 04/03/08
They have to extend it  KeithAu001 | 04/02/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  Warinpiece | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  steven.eynon@... | 04/03/08
XP may outlast Vista  ac567@... | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  hgh9mrp@... | 04/03/08
I made my choice  ajriemer | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  dfweigel@... | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  omahamike | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?  warnerpeter@... | 04/03/08
Please  rtk | 04/03/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  giles_vwl@... | 04/03/08
You aren't, that's for sure  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/06/08
See also, from arstechnica  rtk | 04/06/08
Microsoft will kill XP support as promised  John Musbach | 04/06/08
awww them poor ! let's donate a double whopper  llval@... | 05/01/08
RE: Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countrie  hardknoxfirst@... | 04/09/08
Ballmer: Don't Count Windows XP Out Yet  llval@... | 05/01/08

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