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Microsoft Backtracks, Extends XP Availability to 2011
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-06-23 15:59:14 310
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Hammered over downgrade plan, company gives OEMs more time to sell XP PCs
By Gregg Keizer @ ComputerWorld
Just hours after a noted research analyst criticized Microsoft's plans to limit sales of Windows XP PCs, the company said it would extend the aged operating system's lifespan in the post-Windows 7 world to as late as April 2011.
On Tuesday, Michael Silver of Gartner took Microsoft to the woodshed over the company's decision to let computer makers sell PCs with Windows XP for only six months after Windows 7 debuts.
Silver blasted the idea as a "real mess," and said that it would make it more difficult for companies to manage their PCs, and more expensive to upgrade them to Windows 7 down the road.
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