Is Windows Xp and operating system that will never die?
Nikhil Dev | August 13, 2007 | 9:22 amLooks like a lot of people(including me have tried to switch over to Vista and in the end ended up reverting back to Xp as it seems to be a lot more bug free now and have a lot of application support. Microsoft claims that its Xp sales are still on with profit and its planning to release a new SP2c as its running out of product keys. Was reading an article from digg and this is what it has to say
“Microsoft 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.”
“Other signs of the not-dead-yet operating system’s vigor have included retreats by manufacturers like Dell Inc. from earlier Vista-only policies. In April, for example, Dell again began offering Windows XP as an option to consumers. It had already done the same thing for small business customers.”
