| They've played the "ending support" card before. Remember the stink when they tried to drop Nt4 support and ended up having to extend support because of all of the folks running it?
Here's an interesting clip from the product lifecycle site... "3 As of April 2008, Microsoft is extending availability of Windows XP Home Edition for OEMs to install on Ultra Low-Cost PCs. The new OEM end date will be the later of either June 30, 2010, or one year after the general availability of the next version of Windows. " |