After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Microsoft: Just five years support for Vista Home, Ultimate
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> | Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it would limit support for three
> | versions of the Windows Vista operating system, including its
> | most expensive, to five years rather than the usual 10 years.
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> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011984&intsrc=hm_list
> http://tinyurl.com/2eypzc
I'm sure that will be just fine with businesses and scientific
institutions :-(
Oh, this is a little better:
Although the corporate editions of Vista -- Business and Enterprise
-- will be supported for the usual "5 + 5" span that includes five
years of what Microsoft calls "mainstream" support and another five
of "extended" support, the consumer versions currently have an end
date of April 10,
This is a little humorous:
Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, said he knows
why Microsoft is, at least for now, holding the Vista line at five
years. "Because they're optimists, they think they will have Vista's
replacement out in time to beat that deadline," Cherry said.
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It's not a bug, it's a feature!
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