SAVE Windows XP Petition

[Catty1]

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010639349

XP Fan Starts Petition To Slow Phase-Out Of Microsoft OS

(ETA - link to petition below this article - Infoworld seems to have the big one!))

April 14, 2008 11:43 p.m. EST

Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer

Seattle, WA (AHN) - A technology journalist has started an online petition to save the popular Windows XP operating system from being phased out by June 30.

Galen Gruman started the Save XP petition in January and the website has gathered 111,543 online signatures as of April 9, mostly from fans who believe the six-year-old OS is better than Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Vista.

Those who signed also made comments that the XP is superior to Vista.

Save XP calls on Microsoft Corp. to continue selling Windows XP until 2010. Microsoft plans to keep online support for the operating system until April next year and limited service until 2014.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...he_save_x.html

Articles on Vista etc here: http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...rlds_othe.html

[Freedom]

I'm not surprised. Everyone I know who got Vista was quite UNhappy with it. Is Vista the "New Coke?"

[Lady's Human]

It isn't in Microsoft's interests to keep XP alive.

To keep it alive, they have to continue dedicating resources to patches and support for an ever decreasing number of buyers.

They didn't keep Win 2k pro, and I sincerely doubt they'll keep XP while at the same time developing Vista and working on their next-gen OS.

[Catty1]

I know, LH - but as a poster elsewhere said, it's like getting an apt where you finally feel comfortable, and then being booted because you have to move to a new one! :-)

Heck, maybe I'll give Linux a try - supposed to be MUCH better than it was a few years ago.

Maybe if they dumped Vista, they would sell more XP??? I can dream, can't I?

[critters]

While I don't LIKE Vista, I don't HATE it like I thought I would. I haven't had any compatibility problems, and, actually, I find that it's an awful lot like all of the predecessors (sp?).