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Thread ID: 86889 2008-01-31 09:39:00 XP available for purchase date jwil1 (65) PC World Chat
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635975 2008-02-02 02:19:00 Your poll should read "No, keep selling it until fewer than X people buy it per year" roddy_boy (4115)
635976 2008-02-02 03:19:00 I think selling it forever is a bit silly, eventually the hardware is going to outdate the software and driver support would probably turn to custard Agent_24 (57)
635977 2008-02-02 03:25:00 I think selling it forever is a bit silly, eventually the hardware is going to outdate the software and driver support would probably turn to custard
And that position is already taken by Vista. (Except it is used custard in that case.) :confused:
R2x1 (4628)
635978 2008-02-02 03:37:00 Horribly foul tasting custard at that Agent_24 (57)
635979 2008-02-03 02:15:00 The only organisation that could force Microsoft's hand is the European Community - they have taken them on and imposed heavy fines for abuse of monopoly and restrictive trade practices. The US Govt never took a realistic stand against them in spite of persistent breaches of US fair trading laws.
If governments of large countries take a stand Microsoft might listen, for the rest of us start praying for a viable competitor.
KenESmith (6287)
635980 2008-02-03 05:27:00 come on guys, i say the sooner xp gets canceled the sooner people will realize microsoft has no brains whatsoever (is that one word) and the sooner we will all be using linux ubuntu, its free and its fruitful!! AMD3ALL3THE3WAY3 (116)
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