I'm sure many are happy with this news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7370821.stmPC makers are finding ways to keep selling Windows XP despite Microsoft efforts to remove it from sale.
Dell, HP and Lenovo are exploiting loopholes in Microsoft's licensing terms to extend the operating system beyond a 30 June end of life date.
XP is being phased out in favour of Windows Vista which has, so far, got a lukewarm welcome from many firms.
The news comes as Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer hints that XP could live longer if enough customers demand it.
The news comes only days after Microsoft reported its third quarter results down 11% largely due to a fall in sales in its Windows software division.
The sales figures that Microsoft are hyping seem remarkably shaky when you count up all the companies utilising the XP life extension schemes which all count as vista sales even though the customer is not running Vista, It looks like they intend to deceive themselves on this important question as the rest of us have not so far fallen for the DRM ridden resource hungry platform that by stealth can be used to lock down your entire PC from the bios up.
