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Microsoft Killing XP so that Vista Can Live
Blog It would appear from recent news reports that Microsoft is to ban oem selling of XP from January. It seems odd then that Microsoft would want to start killing off XP so soon after the release of Vista.
[September 24, 2007, 19:01]
eFrothing at the Mouth, the mad dogs of Redmond
Blog I watched as much of the Microsoft video about the Windows XP Embedded Standard product release as I could stand. Stop screwing around with the damn product name/identity for Windows XP Embedded! I already do Win XP Embedded so I don't need a...
[June 6, 2008, 9:14]
Application Compatibility: A Starter for Ten
Blog OK, so we had a nice (but brief) Introduction to the problem of application compatibility on Windows XP and Windows 7. This is the THE bible for getting applications working under Windows 7, working through the security restrictions with Windows XP...
[September 21, 2009, 7:40]
Microsoft's 'browser ballot' to cover XP and Vista
Blog Windows XP and Vista users will be given a choice by Microsoft as to whether they want to install Internet Explorer or one of its many rival browsers. However, the proposal also suggested giving XP and Vista users the same option, via Windows Update:
[July 30, 2009, 11:27]
Microsoft MUI and a LIP
Blog Again, referencing TechNet, "Microsoft Windows XP Professional Language Interface Pack (LIP) is a high-quality, localized "skin" for emerging or minority language markets, such as Catalan, Lithuanian, and Thai.
[November 30, 2009, 8:38]
math: Windows 7 + netbook = failure - GNU/Linux as remaining winner!
Blog ".A year ago, Microsoft announced a deal with Asus to provide netbooks running XP at the CeBIT trade show. Since then, Windows XP has become the dominant operating system in the broader netbook market.from http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0...
[March 6, 2009, 16:34]
Bizarre Windows 7 Downgrade/Upgrade Policies Coming
Blog I wonder if this insane "Downgrade/Upgrade" policy will even survive until the release of Win7.or put another way, how long will it be before Microsoft starts back-pedaling, and extending the cutoff date for XP "downgrades"?
[June 18, 2009, 6:54]
Will Microsoft ever stop selling XP?
Blog Microsoft had set June 30 as the cut-off date for XP sales, except for "netbooks" like the mobile Eee PC - how come a desktop is going to be available with the OS after that cut-off date? But, I asked Microsoft, surely the XP extension was only for...
[June 20, 2008, 17:00]
Microsoft trashes its brand -- and Apple's the winner
Blog six years to drag Vista onto dealers’ shelves after the launch of Windows XP, following which Microsoft seemed to just squat on its haunches and watch the money roll in. It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that, for all intents and purposes, Windows...
[April 16, 2009, 9:48]
Asus and Microsoft launch pro-Windows website
Blog Since then, Microsoft has been forced to repeatedly extend the lifespan of Windows XP as a netbook operating system, as Vista does not comfortably run on low-powered devices such as netbooks. Unfortunately in terms of demand in the market, people...
[May 29, 2009, 15:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog We're months away from launch, but XP is gearing up to be Microsoft's most controversial launch by far. If you're using XP in five year's time and it decides it wants a new key, Microsoft could just say 'nope'.
[August 10, 2001, 18:27]
PCA: Microsoft Program Compatibility Assistant
Blog Windows 7 delivers a number of compatibility features beyond the compatibility layers introduced in Windows XP (and enhanced in Service Pack 2). These layer fixes effectively deliver Windows XP SP2 compatibility.
[September 29, 2009, 7:51]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog Now Windows 7 is available, and it doesn't take Carnac the Magnificent to predict that Microsoft will once again start trying to kill XP. Microsoft was doing their utmost to kill XP, by setting cutoff dates for sales of licenses and preloaded systems.
[October 28, 2009, 8:43]
Software Jihad
Blog Microsoft needs to disable or kill every copy of Windows XP that connects to Windows Update that does not comply with their copyright. If I was a stockholder in Microsoft (and I'm not) I would hammer on Steve Ballmer to institute a world-wide...
[November 2, 2008, 14:04]
Windows Operating Systems = Bloatware
Blog Windows XP though would be a better choice, and Win XP Embedded even better. Before you jump me, yes I know edlin.exe is still in XP Pro etc. Its an extension of the idea of Virtual XP Pro stuff going to be done in WIn7.
[October 19, 2009, 5:35]
Ya need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah buddy. I got ya servicepack3 right here!
Blog In other words, we're talking a system that has absolutely nothing installed on it except what Microsoft would call the baseline Windows XP Pro SP2 operating system image. I just finished installing a volume license of Windows XP Pro with...
[June 16, 2008, 6:34]
I will blog, despite Vista's best efforts
Blog I thought about blogging about how valuable Windows XP discs are set to become as there is an increasingly widespread opinion that XP is the only Microsoft operating system worth owning because, quite apart from application compatibility issues...
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
Marketing Suggestions from an Ambivalent Windows 7 Customer
Blog The ambivalence is because I don't think it buys me much of anything I don't already have with Windows XP Pro or Embedded. The Quebec CTP 2011 is Windows 7 Embedded and I've been working with it trying to determine if there is anything my company...
[November 16, 2009, 7:51]
Vista vs XP
Blog And while you can understand Microsoft's desire to refresh the Windows UI (all those Mac OS X screen shots look so much prettier than XP), Vista's designers seem to have cut off their nose to spite their face.
[July 30, 2008, 7:30]
Microsoft: Vista Stunk, but we PROMISE not to do it again with Win7
Blog Do the reassurances from Microsoft inspire a lot of people to rush out and give them even more money, by paying to replace the Vistaster that they have already paid for, willingly or not (i.e.because Microsoft forced OEMs to stop selling XP, even...
[September 17, 2009, 15:07]
