Underground XP Rebellion On The rise ?

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Its looks like a rebellion is growing slowly but surely.

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;161700036;fp;2;fpid;1

Windows Vista was supposed to be a shot in the arm for Microsoft, which had gone five years without a new desktop operating system. It hasn't worked out that way. Instead, Vista sales have been slower than XP's (when adjusted for market size) and there's been a distinct lack of passion for the new OS.

In Vista's first year, InfoWorld US detected a deep anxiety over Vista among technologists and consumers alike. We decided to do something about it, launching a petition drive to ask Microsoft to keep selling XP after the planned June 30 end-of-sales date. Nine weeks after that January 14 launch, more than 100,000 customers worldwide have signed up. And that doesn't count parallel efforts by our colleagues in Germany and Canada.

A group of people argue that anyone who wants to stick with XP is afraid of the future -- not man enough to get the newest toy. That's a silly argument. While some people may look at operating systems as a way of demonstrating how cool they are, most of us use an operating system as a platform for getting stuff done, whether for running business apps, playing games, or using the Web. You don't change OSes to be cool any more than you throw out your house's furnace for a new technology every time one comes along. Not unless you have more money than sense.

Now what? We have asked Microsoft to have an executive meet with us so we can deliver the petition and discuss the issues we've heard from thousands of people who have commented on the site. Microsoft has declined, despite its claim that it listens to its customers. Perhaps another 100,000 need to sign up and add their weight to this effort.

Or just tell MS directly

https://feedback.windowsvista.microsoft.com/default.aspx?productkey=winvista

I think we should wait until a few folks have tried Vista SP1 but the design criteria means its unlikely to be the success it could have been.

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Added my feed back, im not waiting on sp1, what they need to do is act now and hold off on ceasing XP for at least another 12 months, then reasses the situation. Vista sucks, no two ways about it, sure it looks pretty, but it simply a backwards step in useability.