Microsoft Responds to 'Save XP' Petition 440
DaMassive writes "Computerworld Australia is running a story with a response from Microsoft to Infoworld's SAVE XP petition Web site, which has gathered over 75,000 signatures so far. Apparently Microsoft is aware of the petition, but says it is "listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs, that's what informed our decision to extend the availability of XP initially, and what will continue to guide us" — a somewhat strange response given that the vast majority of people signing the petition ARE Microsoft customers! The Save XP movement has attracted the attention of the software giant, despite its claims that Vista has sold more than 100 million copies and its adoption rate is in line with the company's expectations. "We're seeing positive indicators that we're already starting to move from the early adoption phase into the mainstream and that more and more businesses are beginning their planning and deployment of Windows Vista," the company said. Nevertheless vendors such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Fujitsu, and more recently NEC, all offer the opportunity to downgrade to XP Pro."
OH GOD (Score:5, Funny)
No Thanks, Microsoft. I'll Run Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Vista marketing strategy: (Score:5, Funny)
Funny,,, (Score:5, Funny)
Wow. (Score:5, Funny)
Then again, these days, Nixon would be considered a step up from the current state of affairs, so...
Re:Vista marketing strategy: (Score:5, Funny)
Funny. I read it as "We can year you. You're just unimportant".
Why wait a coupla years (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Downgrade??? (Score:5, Funny)
Everyone should be running the newest of Windows, which is Windows Vista! People who still get by with XP are uncool and stick-in-the-muds. Windows Vista on a Wacom-enabled Tablet PC is the way to go! And Windows Vista to me seems much faster with the new wallpapers! I love Microsoft and everything they do. Products like Vista, silverlight.NET and OOXML powered Office 2007 are brilliant. Going forward vista will be the only way to get the latest version of
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Compiler Error: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:100 million copies? (Score:3, Funny)
downgrade? (Score:2, Funny)
I'd like to go ahead and downgrade my house into a mansion please.
Re:OH GOD (Score:5, Funny)
To quote a Monty Python episode
Re:Funny,,, (Score:5, Funny)
I always thought the progression was something along the lines of:
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Re:Give 'em time (Score:3, Funny)
Next step in a very successful campaign... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:microsoft style (Score:3, Funny)
Did you intentionally mess up the line breaks? Because if I had mod points you would have gotten +1 Funny for incomprehensible code and +1 insightful for the real crux of your joke.
Re:Funny,,, (Score:5, Funny)
(This being slashdot, that is purely hypothetical, of course...)
Re:Vista rocks - my 10 favorite Vista improvements (Score:2, Funny)
It is all Vista eye candy and my notebook is basic so no Aero, but some of the Xfce and Gnome desktops are *much* nicer. On the technical side of things it is slow, very slow and I am not an avid gamer... to each their own though.
I am thankful for my PS2, imagine: Zang He is asking permission to smack Lui Bu over the head with his axe. Do you wish to let him continue?
Vista (Score:4, Funny)