Windows XP: Going, Going, Gone?

This has been an issue that is repeated brought up in the tech circles around the world.  No matter what language you speak, everyone wants to know: “What’s going to happen with Windows XP?”.  Microsoft is planning on shelving XP in the next few months.  As of June 30, MS will no longer sell new licenses for XP.  That means if you want a couple of extra legitimate copies of XP, you’d better buy them now.  After that date, Vista is your only option.  Some people have said this is the biggest mistake MS can make at this point.  To release SP3 and then to throw it to the side could be a mistake but we won’t know until it happens.  One point that could be made regarding the retirement of XP is the new low-cost PC’s that are emerging.  They use XP since it uses less resources than Vista and requires a smaller footprint.  Potentially, this could alienate MS from the profits they would reap from selling XP to this emerging market.

So what do you think about this?  Will MS resurrect XP from the dead?  Or will manufacturers find other ways to satisfy their low-cost options with different flavors of Linux?

~ by jhurst747 on 1 April 2008.