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Microsoft sets 6/30/08 deadline for sales of
XP Operating System
 Microsoft appears to be
sticking with its announced deadline of 6/30/08 for sales of
their Windows XP O/S. There is a grass-roots effort to
convince Microsoft to extend that deadline, and despite
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s comments in Belgium that “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," the company has yet to budge on the June 30th
deadline.
(see this link for more details.)
What does this mean
for you?
Team Accent will be able to order PCs for clients
with XP Professional for some months to come. If we see any
change in that policy, we will send out an alert to our client
base immediately.
The deadline does
seem to indicate Microsoft’s determination to phase XP out in
favor of Vista, but with a little planning, businesses can
time their equipment refresh schedules to keep XP as their
predominant PC O/S for long enough to ensure they won’t need
to switch to Vista until it’s a more mature
product. | 
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