Comments on: I am stunned http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/26/i-am-stunned/ Agile & Open Source Software, Economics, Liberty and Entrepreneurship Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:40:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Walter http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/26/i-am-stunned/#comment-7088 Walter Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:24:29 +0000 http://undefined.com/ia/2007/01/26/i-am-stunned/#comment-7088 It means - as it meant with Office 2000 and Windows "Pro" 2000 - that Microsoft will pull the plug on XP and Office '03 pretty quickly - the end of '08, probably - to mau mau companies intro upgrading. XP Home finally put a decent OS on home PCs and there things will stabilize for a long time to come (and I still see Windows ME out in the wild too often brrr) Microsoft can only rely on new PC sales for home users, but they also can assuem that no one else can make fast inroads - be it Apple or Linux Vendor to be Named Later.... It means - as it meant with Office 2000 and Windows “Pro” 2000 - that Microsoft will pull the plug on XP and Office ‘03 pretty quickly - the end of ‘08, probably - to mau mau companies intro upgrading.

XP Home finally put a decent OS on home PCs and there things will stabilize for a long time to come (and I still see Windows ME out in the wild too often brrr) Microsoft can only rely on new PC sales for home users, but they also can assuem that no one else can make fast inroads - be it Apple or Linux Vendor to be Named Later….

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