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January 12, 2006 2:06 PM

Microsoft Quietly Extends Support Life for XP Products



After outcry around the revelation that Microsoft was due to phase out all support for Windows XP Home Edition by the end of 2006, it seems that the Redmondians have relented. In an updated note,
Microsoft has added a caveat to its Windows lifecycle chart,
noting that the company now plans to continue to provide mainstream support for all of its XP products (Home, professional, Embedded, Media Center and Tablet Editions) for
two years after the next version of each product is released.
For XP Home, that will likely mean that mainstream support will be extended through 2008. Ditto for XP Professional, which also should get a longer grace period for Extended (paid) Support as a result, probably through 2013, we're betting.

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Mike Drips :

CNet quoted Ines Vargas, a program manager at Microsoft with the following: "This was brought to our attention late last week, and since then, we have worked diligently to make the change on the site, which was effective Tuesday night," she said. "It was not a change in support policy. It is reflective of the policy as we understand it.""Our policy, to be blunt and honest, is not the most simple when you start applying it to different products," she said. "We probably should be a little bit clearer here." It took Microsoft over a week to fix this on its web site? Who is running the shop there? Microsoft's responsiveness is deteriorating steadily and it's becoming clear that Microsoft's middle management is incompetent at handling any type of public relations or policy issues.

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