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According to this article, that's what it looks like:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060103-5891.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060103-5891.html
perris said:xp is such a good os they're gonna have to do something to get people to buy vista
I agree. As an outsider, I don't know how the QA process works for hotfixes, but rationally speaking, the test matrix for Home should simply be a subset of the one for Pro, probably with a few exceptions.j79zlr said:I did forget that they are not ending support for Pro, still though, since they are basically the same OS, with home missing a handful of [useful] features, I don't think it would cost them much to continue support for both.
perris said:I think it might be a marketing strategy to say they are going to end support when they aren't really
I think they intend to support xp home for a longer period of time, but will wait until the last minute to announce that bit of generosity
Microsoft has quietly extended the support lifespan of Windows XP Home, which as recently as last week was scheduled to be put out to pasture at the end of this year.
Analysts had pointed out that XP Home, and most other XP operating systems, would be cut off from technical support on Dec. 31, 2006, a potential problem since XP's successor, Windows Vista, isn't to release until shortly before that date
In a blog written last Wednesday, JupiterResearch analyst Joe Wilcox put the blame at Windows Vista's door. "It's more a problem of product delays, that Microsoft repeatedly delayed release of Windows Vista," he wrote.
In an updated support lifecycle listing, Microsoft said that all Windows XP products--which include Home, Pro, Embedded, Media Center, and Tablet PC--will enjoy mainstream support for "two years after the next version of this product is released."
Assuming Vista releases in November of this year, XP's mainstream support will end November, 2008.
Yeah, that was Pro only. Mainstream support for XP Home was supposed to end this year, but that has been changed too.Mastershakes said:yep, and that's old news, read somewhere last week about XP support going to '08. I guess they were only referring to Pro at the time?
Why is that? Are there still any incompatibilities with software that you use?Brad said:We STILL do not have SP2 on our work computers...