It seems that Vista the latest operating system from Microsoft is actually losing ground to an
increase in XP sales
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9030158&intsrc=hm_listMicrosoft Corp. has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system's continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product activation keys.
The new build, dubbed SP2c, includes no fixes or feature changes, but was created simply to address the shrinking pool of product keys. XP Pro SP2c, which has been released to manufacturing, will be made available to resellers and system builders next month, said Microsoft.
"Due to the longevity of Windows XP Professional, it has become necessary to produce more product keys for system builders in order to support the continued availability of Windows XP Professional through the scheduled system builder channel end-of-life date," wrote the Microsoft system builder team on its blog yesterday.
Previously, Microsoft has set Windows XP's EOL for retailers and resellers as Jan. 31, 2008, and for small-scale systems builders a year after that.
"SP2c will be released into the System Builder channel in September to provide system builders with a new, extended range of product keys," the system builder team said. The updated build applies only to Windows XP Professional; XP Home, for instance, is not affected.
This come as no suprise to me as its plain to mayt that vista has in fact brought nothing to computing aside from its fancy desktop requiring the purchase of an expensive graphics card and new psu to power it also the voice command feature that was handed out with the XP plus pack some time ago, whilst having its supporters many will be required to purchase a new pc to even get it to fire up, surely a bad sign regarding its excessive hardware demands.
