Ballmer hints at Win XP reprieve
Windows XP could yet be reprieved from end-of-life, if enough customers demand it, said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today.
Speaking at a news conference in Belgium Ballmer said: “XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smarter but right now we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments”, reports Reuters.
But at the same time he insisted that consumers were switching to Vista in numbers, which is perhaps to be expected, as the majority of new computers available at retail now come loaded with the operating system.
As for the business world, Ballmer noted: “We still have customers who are buying PCs with XP”. He explained that many IT departments were still supporting dusty old kit that cannot handle memory-chugging Vista.
Earlier this month Microsoft confirmed it would continue to sell Windows XP Home edition licenses beyond the operating system’s scheduled 30 June kill-date for bargain basement PCs only.
Meanwhile, Microsoft finally got the long-awaited XP SP3 out of the door on Monday.
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