Save Windows XP from Retiring

XP_box When Microsoft released Vista, they somehow failed to convince users to upgrade. We can’t blame Microsoft for their poor marketing efforts. They did whatever they could to promote Vista, but users just didn’t agree to spend few hundred dollars on upgrading to something which wasn’t as stable as their previous operating system.

Microsoft had decided to stop selling XP late last year, but they extended the date to July 30th 2008. If everything happens as planned by Microsoft, XP will be heading towards grave yards. And I think it will only force poor customers into piracy, rather than boosting Vista’s sales. Retiring XP also means wasteful upgrade to Vista-capable PC. Infoworld believes that it’s not fare to stop selling an operating system which still has lots of miles left.

They’ve launched a campaign called "Save XP", which will encourage people to sign an online petition against XP being discontinued. Names of those who have signed the online petition will be sent to Microsoft hoping that it’ll change their minds.

[Via: DownloadSquad]

This post was published by on January 15, 2008

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  • Hassan

    Yes, thats a good pt. for poor Users who only surf the web. But for gamers you must have to move Vista for DX10 and numerous other features.

  • http://www.computing-tips.com jason

    people will be very slow to upgrade to vista as a hardware upgrade it probally needed for most users, I would recommend people have 2 gig memory and a descent processor

  • http://tech-buzz.net/2008/04/04/windows-xp-will-survive-till-2010-but-only-for-ulcpcs/ Windows XP will survive till 2010, but only for ULCPCs

    [...] approaching, InfoWorld made some effort to stop the deadline by launching a campaign called “Save XP“. As of March 27th, 106,491 people signed their petition, pleading Microsoft to stay the [...]

  • Tech Roach

    Hey, poor users can use Linux, can’t they ? So, welcome aboard friends. Once you start using Linux, you won’t look back.

    I think Mac is gonna win this match. Its a Unix-based OS and also, its pretty and supports a lot of hardware and software. So, Linux has a chance but need to work hard. As for Windows, its R.I.P.