[JAWSLite] Re: Microsoft extends XP

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Subject: [JAWSLite] Microsoft extends XP


> just wanted to let folks know about this
> the elf
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: david whitehead
>  To: blindaccessHelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 7:45 AM
>  Subject: BAH Microsoft extends XP
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>
>
>
>  Good morning all;
>
>  thought some of you may be interested in this;
>
>  >> >
>  >>> Microsoft offers another lifeline to XP
>  >>> Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2008 | 8:53 PM ET
>  >>> CBC News
>  >>>
>  >>> Microsoft Corp. is giving Windows XP yet another reprieve, this time
>  >>> allowing custom PC builders to continue to order the older operating
>  >>> system
>  >>> for their computers until the end of May.
>  >>>
>  >>> It's the latest move Microsoft has made to extend the life of XP in
>  >>> response
>  >>> to resistance from both consumers and computer makers to the software
>  >>> giant's Windows Vista operating system.
>  >>>
>  >>> Windows XP was due to disappear on Jan. 30, 2008, to make way for 
> Vista,
>  >>> which had a high-profile launch in early 2007.
>  >>>
>  >>> But Vista's unpopularity with consumers has forced Microsoft to 
> extend
>  >>> the
>  >>> life of the older operating system.
>  >>>
>  >>> Larger PC makers, including Hewlett-Packard and Dell, had their 
> deadline
>  >>> to
>  >>> offer XP extended until June 30, 2008, though even after then 
> consumers
>  >>> can
>  >>> "downgrade" to XP at an additional cost.
>  >>>
>  >>> The latest extension affects smaller, custom PC makers who originally
>  >>> had
>  >>> until Jan. 31, 2009, to place orders for XP licences, but now have 
> until
>  >>> May
>  >>> 30 next.
>  >>>
>  >>> Microsoft has already said it will end support for the consumer 
> version
>  >>> of
>  >>> XP in April 2009, while the company will continue to support the
>  >>> business
>  >>> version of the software until 2014.
>  >>>
>  >>> Manufacturers of smaller, lower-power laptop computers, or 
> "netbooks,"
>  >>> can
>  >>> also continue to offer XP until June 30, 2010, as these computers do 
> not
>  >>> offer Vista.
>  >>>
>  >>> Microsoft has already announced it is developing Vista's successor,
>  >>> Windows
>  >>> 7, which is expected to be released as early as the end of 2009.
>  >>>
>  >>> Windows remains the dominant operating system for computers, but in
>  >>> November
>  >>> its share of the market dipped below 90 per cent for the first time,
>  >>> according to an internet measurement company.
>  >>>
>  >>> In November, 89.5 per cent of internet users who connected to 
> websites
>  >>> monitored by Net Applications Inc. used Windows as their operating
>  >>> system, a
>  >>> decrease of 0.84 per cent from October.
>  >>>
>  >>> The decline was the biggest in the past two years, the company said, 
> and
>  >>> offset a number of recent gains.
>  >>>
>  >>> The study combined the totals from three versions of the operating
>  >>> system in
>  >>> its study: Vista, XP and Windows 2000.
>  >>>
>  >
>
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