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Windows XP Will Still Be Available After 1-31-09 Deadline
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... months of supply in January.”
In addition to helping distributors, Microsoft’s move will help system builders who’ve been nervously watching the Jan. 31 XP deadline creep up.
So it seems that Microsoft is still aware of the fact that their operating system Vista is still not the popular system it had hoped it would be.
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Microsoft Keeping XP On New PCs Through May 2009, At Least (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... new computers with Windows XP through at least the end of May 2009.
One likely reason: XP is seeing a second life of sorts as geeks flock to small, relatively weak laptops -- so-called "netbooks" -- which are mostly used to access the Internet and have no reason to run XP's bloated successor, Vista. All ten of Amazon's top ten netbooks ship with XP.
Dell will also sell you XP on its other PCs for an extra $150. It'll now be able to do that for a little longer. ChannelWeb has the details:
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the existence of a flexible ...
Microsoft extends XP deadline for distributors
D' Technology Weblog —
... impending Jan. 31, 2009, deadline for selling PCs with Windows XP pre-installed can now breathe a bit easier, as Microsoft is giving them a way to obtain XP licenses through distribution after the deadline.
In an e-mail to ChannelWeb, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the existence of a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders for Windows XP OEM licenses by Jan. 31, 2009, and take delivery against those orders through May 30.
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Microsoft to allow custom PC makers to stock XP through mid-2009
All about Microsoft —
... , as Microsoft stated last year. But system builders can take order of those XP copies more gradually — through May 30 — instead of having to horde them all by January 31, as first noted by CRN.“System builders” are not the big, houshold-name PC makers. Dell and HP are not system buidlers. (The big PC makers had to get all their XP orders into Microsoft by ...
Linkpost | 12.21.2008
TechBlog —
... - James "jkOnTheRun" Kendrick takes a contrarian view, and I pretty much agree. • Microsoft Extends XP Availability For Distributors - Businesses who buy via channel sellers continue to be wary of Windows Vista. • ...
Windows XP distributor availability extended; Vista still the leper of OSes for some
Boy Genius Report —
This is definitely not what Microsoft had in mind when it launched its recent $300mm ad campaign. In what can only be described as a coup for distributors, Microsoft has given in to the pressure and extended XP’s stay of execution. Redmond has indeed confirmed that January 31, 2009 is no longer the end of the road for XP PC sales. Instead, January 31 is now the final date on which distributors can place orders for Windows XP OEM licenses and orders can be filled through May 30 of next year. For you, the end user, this means that Vista will not be your only ...
Microsoft offers another XP extension
The Microsoft Blog —
Microsoft said this week-end that it would make it easier for custom PC makers to continue to sell computers with Windows XP pre-installed beyond a previously set deadline. From an article on ChannelWeb: ... A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the existence of a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders for Windows XP OEM licenses by Jan. 31, 2009, and take delivery against those orders through May 30. Previously, distributors had planned to purchase as many XP licenses as they could afford before Jan. 31, 2009, and sell them after the ...
Microsoft quietly extends Windows XP lifecycle, again
TG Daily - All News —
... . PC vendors still have to purchase licenses before that date, but can now choose to take delivery of those licenses through May 30, 2009. Windows XP has become a painful, never-ending story for Microsoft and it is now likely that Windows XP will ship on new computers with a distance of only half a year to the first availability of Windows 7 (which is expected to ship in Q4.) Microsoft told ChannelWeb that the ...
Microsoft Extends Windows XP Cutoff Date
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... available to custom PC builders. Under the plan, system builders will be allowed to take delivery of XP licenses and media through May 30. Previously, Microsoft had announced a Jan. 31 XP cutoff date for system builders, which are typically smaller, build-to-order vendors. The news was first reported Friday by InformationWeek.com sister site ChannelWeb. It's just the latest in a string of reprieves for XP, which Microsoft may be reluctant to pull from the market given the poor reception that its successor, Windows Vista, has received from business customers. Many are ...
Windows XP: Night of the Living Dead OS
Digital Daily —
... Microsoft (MSFT) will now stop distributing Windows XP to PC makers on May 30, 2009. ChannelWeb reports that while distributors must place their final orders for XP OEM licenses by Jan. 31, 2009, they can take delivery against those orders through May 30. And the company will continue to ...
Microsoft extends ancient Windows XP availability for PC box assemblers
MacDailyNews —
... of a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders for Windows XP OEM licenses by Jan. 31, 2009, and take delivery against those orders through May 30," McLaughlin and Campbell report. "It's yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows Vista, and of the growing realization within the channel that many customers have decided to simply skip Vista and wait for the arrival of Windows 7," McLaughlin and Campbell report. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Windows XP was released 7 years and 2 months ago. Microsoft should be ...
The Five Lives (So Far) of Windows XP
Technologizer —
... : In the face of demand for continued access to Windows XP and dissatisfaction with Vista, Microsoft has moved out the time frame for downgrade rights to XP from Jan. 31 2009 to July 31, 2009, The Register reported last week.” 12/19/2008 : “In an e-mail to ChannelWeb, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the existence of a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders for Windows XP OEM licenses by Jan. 31, 2009, and take delivery against those orders through May 30.” At this point, if we’ve seen the last instance of Microsoft pushing ...
Microsoft extends Windows XP lifespan yet again
Download Squad —
... so far -- and this week the company did it again. Windows XP was scheduled to go gently into that good night on January 31, 2009. But now computer makers are allowed to continue shipping machines with Windows XP through 2009. ...
Windows XP Life Extended; Not to be Canceled January 31st
Mobilewhack.com —
... can still order plenty of licenses. Orders will be filled by May 30th. I guess Microsoft is pretty upset it had to decide not to cancel XP already. Vista won’t be the only Microsoft OS option when purchasing a new PC next year. On the other hand Microsoft will keep making money off the good old XP. They’d have to make at least $300 million in my opinion. That’s how much money they wasted on a crappy campaign that failed to deliver the needed results. via CNN Tags: microsoft , OS , software , vista , xp
Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... of Windows. As a result, Microsoft is under considerable pressure from business customers to maintain XP's availability. On Friday, the company said it's extending the deadline for Windows XP sales to custom PC builders. Under the plan, system builders will be allowed to take delivery of XP licenses and media through May 30. Previously, Microsoft had announced a Jan. 31 XP cutoff date for system builders, which are typically smaller, build-to-order vendors. The news was first reported by InformationWeek.com sister site ChannelWeb. It's the latest in a string of ...
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