Microsoft Extends Life of Windows XP

Microsoft has decided to give Windows XP an extra six months of sales time, a deviation from their original intention to halt the popular operating system in January. The company notes that people likely want more time before they make any move towards Windows Vista.

Al Gillen, system software analyst with IDC, told the Seattle Times that Microsoft's decision to extend XP sales is not an indicator of the success or failure of Vista.

"If Windows Vista was selling really well and people were just falling all over themselves to get on it, there would still be customers that couldn't, for whatever reason, ... make the move in the short term," Gillen told the paper.

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