____/ John Locke on Saturday 07 July 2007 05:10 : \____
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:52:47 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>____/ [H]omer on Saturday 07 July 2007 02:30 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that jim spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> At this rate, Vista should overtake XP (assuming no attrition from other
>>>> OSs) in late December, 2013.
>>>
>>> I think it would be extremely optimistic to assume that Windows ME2 will
>>> even last that long.
>>
>>Major OEMs will no longer be able to stock XP licences in 2008. It'll give a
>>real kick to Linux adoption. Many people already 'experiment' with Linux
>>because they look ahead and see what's coming.
>
> You'd think they'd get wind of this and extend the deadline for XP
> licenses to 2010 at least. Thats just common sense.
They extended 'support' enormously. The same goes for Windows 2000.
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