XP is about at the end of its life-cycle with microsoft,with SP3 being the
last
big update,they probably are in no rush to release the final
version.Prolonging
has nothing to do with it,xp is a dead-duck with MS OS (almost),why rush it
with SP3......
"kurttrail" wrote:
> why bother RTM'ing XPSP3 at all, if manufacturers can only sell it with a
> new computer for another couple of months?
>
> Is this a hint at MS prolonging XP's shelf life yet again? Not that I
> think that that would be a bad thing.
>
> Let's hear your opinions.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Former Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>
>
As you can see by other threads today in this ng, SP3 rtm'd today and will
be available on WU on the 29th. XP remains in mainstream support through
April 2009 and extended support through April 2014. XP at service pack
level 2 will be supported for 24 months from now. XP at service pack level
3 will be supported through April 2014. XP is hardly a dead duck. Please
check your facts.
"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:0327CB69-036E-4ABB-89E2-E08FEC12D53F@microsoft.com...
> XP is about at the end of its life-cycle with microsoft,with SP3 being
> the
> last
> big update,they probably are in no rush to release the final
> version.Prolonging
> has nothing to do with it,xp is a dead-duck with MS OS (almost),why rush
> it
> with SP3......
>
> "kurttrail" wrote:
>
>> why bother RTM'ing XPSP3 at all, if manufacturers can only sell it with a
>> new computer for another couple of months?
>>
>> Is this a hint at MS prolonging XP's shelf life yet again? Not that I
>> think that that would be a bad thing.
>>
>> Let's hear your opinions.
>>
>> --
>> Peace!
>> Kurt
>> Former Self-anointed Moderator
>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>>
>>
Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> As you can see by other threads today in this ng, SP3 rtm'd today and
> will be available on WU on the 29th. XP remains in mainstream support
> through April 2009 and extended support through April 2014. XP at
> service pack level 2 will be supported for 24 months from now. XP at
> service pack level 3 will be supported through April 2014. XP is hardly
> a dead duck. Please check your facts.
>
> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:0327CB69-036E-4ABB-89E2-E08FEC12D53F@microsoft.com...
>> XP is about at the end of its life-cycle with microsoft,with SP3
>> being the
>> last
>> big update,they probably are in no rush to release the final
>> version.Prolonging
>> has nothing to do with it,xp is a dead-duck with MS OS (almost),why
>> rush it
>> with SP3......
>>
>> "kurttrail" wrote:
>>
>>> why bother RTM'ing XPSP3 at all, if manufacturers can only sell it
>>> with a
>>> new computer for another couple of months?
>>>
>>> Is this a hint at MS prolonging XP's shelf life yet again? Not that I
>>> think that that would be a bad thing.
>>>
>>> Let's hear your opinions.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peace!
>>> Kurt
>>> Former Self-anointed Moderator
>>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>>>
>>>
>
Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an SP
for an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but wonder
if they are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its availability
slightly, even just as a PR exercise so people will see them as
responsive to their customers. It wouldn't be the first time. On the
other hand, who knows what goes on the collective mind of MS?
--
Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.
Peter in New Zealand wrote:
> Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an
> SP for an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but
> wonder if they are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its
> availability slightly, even just as a PR exercise so people will
> see them as responsive to their customers. It wouldn't be the first
> time. On the other hand, who knows what goes on the collective mind
> of MS?
It is not unusual. Windows NT, Windows 2000... Heck - they will be
releasing patches for XP through 2014... That should be far beyond at least
the version of OS Microsoft puts out after Vista.
Peter in New Zealand wrote:
> Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an
> SP for an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but
> wonder if they are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its
> availability slightly, even just as a PR exercise so people will
> see them as responsive to their customers. It wouldn't be the first
> time. On the other hand, who knows what goes on the collective mind
> of MS?
Shenan Stanley wrote:
> It is not unusual. Windows NT, Windows 2000... Heck - they will be
> releasing patches for XP through 2014... That should be far beyond
> at least the version of OS Microsoft puts out after Vista.
Example:
- Windows 2000 SP4 released on June 26, 2003 and Windows 2000 Update Rollup
#1 for SP4 released on June 28, 2005... Windows 2000 stopped main support
on June 30, 2005, 2 days after the Rollup was released.
- Windows XP released on October 2001... Or almost two years before SP4 for
Windows 2000 was released.
>Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an SP
>for an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but wonder
>if they are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its availability
>slightly, even just as a PR exercise so people will see them as
>responsive to their customers. It wouldn't be the first time. On the
>other hand, who knows what goes on the collective mind of MS?
It's primarily because they've been promising it for well over two
years but the delays in Vista have caused manpower and time to be
concentrated in finishing Vista, not XP XP SP3. If you think of it in
that respect, it's just two years late but better late than never.
Also that they knew that Vista was not going to be adopted quickly and
that the features in Server 2008 could be leveraged against XP if some
of the features of Vista were thrown in there to make management in
large deployments easier. Just my 2 cents.
All this discussion!! SP3 was planned years ago, I remember reading about
it's approx. release date when SP2 first came out. I wish I could find that
page that outlines all the platforms and their life cycle.
--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
Triple Boot
"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@extra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1208839699.217027@ftpsrv1...
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> As you can see by other threads today in this ng, SP3 rtm'd today and
>> will be available on WU on the 29th. XP remains in mainstream support
>> through April 2009 and extended support through April 2014. XP at
>> service pack level 2 will be supported for 24 months from now. XP at
>> service pack level 3 will be supported through April 2014. XP is hardly
>> a dead duck. Please check your facts.
>>
>> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:0327CB69-036E-4ABB-89E2-E08FEC12D53F@microsoft.com...
>>> XP is about at the end of its life-cycle with microsoft,with SP3 being
>>> the
>>> last
>>> big update,they probably are in no rush to release the final
>>> version.Prolonging
>>> has nothing to do with it,xp is a dead-duck with MS OS (almost),why rush
>>> it
>>> with SP3......
>>>
>>> "kurttrail" wrote:
>>>
>>>> why bother RTM'ing XPSP3 at all, if manufacturers can only sell it with
>>>> a
>>>> new computer for another couple of months?
>>>>
>>>> Is this a hint at MS prolonging XP's shelf life yet again? Not that I
>>>> think that that would be a bad thing.
>>>>
>>>> Let's hear your opinions.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peace!
>>>> Kurt
>>>> Former Self-anointed Moderator
>>>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>>>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>>>>
>>>>
>>
> Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an SP for
> an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but wonder if they
> are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its availability slightly,
> even just as a PR exercise so people will see them as responsive to their
> customers. It wouldn't be the first time. On the other hand, who knows
> what goes on the collective mind of MS?
>
> --
> Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)
> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
> compulsive computer fiddler.
"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@extra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:1208839699.217027@ftpsrv1...
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> As you can see by other threads today in this ng, SP3 rtm'd today and
>> will be available on WU on the 29th. XP remains in mainstream support
>> through April 2009 and extended support through April 2014. XP at
>> service pack level 2 will be supported for 24 months from now. XP at
>> service pack level 3 will be supported through April 2014. XP is hardly
>> a dead duck. Please check your facts.
>>
>> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:0327CB69-036E-4ABB-89E2-E08FEC12D53F@microsoft.com...
>>> XP is about at the end of its life-cycle with microsoft,with SP3 being
>>> the
>>> last
>>> big update,they probably are in no rush to release the final
>>> version.Prolonging
>>> has nothing to do with it,xp is a dead-duck with MS OS (almost),why rush
>>> it
>>> with SP3......
>>>
>>> "kurttrail" wrote:
>>>
>>>> why bother RTM'ing XPSP3 at all, if manufacturers can only sell it with
>>>> a
>>>> new computer for another couple of months?
>>>>
>>>> Is this a hint at MS prolonging XP's shelf life yet again? Not that I
>>>> think that that would be a bad thing.
>>>>
>>>> Let's hear your opinions.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peace!
>>>> Kurt
>>>> Former Self-anointed Moderator
>>>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>>>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>>>>
>>>>
>>
> Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an SP for
> an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but wonder if they
> are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its availability slightly,
> even just as a PR exercise so people will see them as responsive to their
> customers. It wouldn't be the first time. On the other hand, who knows
> what goes on the collective mind of MS?
Not really. It actually could be considered a confirmation of XP going to
the shelf. Just before you discontinue the sale of it and ramp down support
for it you would want to roll up all the changes into SP3 in this case. So
all future emergency patching will only reference SP3. That is simplify the
patch level before it is mothballed to make testing of the odd security
patches that will come later easier.
> "Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@extra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:1208839699.217027@ftpsrv1...
>> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>>> As you can see by other threads today in this ng, SP3 rtm'd today and
>>> will be available on WU on the 29th. XP remains in mainstream support
>>> through April 2009 and extended support through April 2014. XP at
>>> service pack level 2 will be supported for 24 months from now. XP at
>>> service pack level 3 will be supported through April 2014. XP is
>>> hardly a dead duck. Please check your facts.
>>>
>>> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0327CB69-036E-4ABB-89E2-E08FEC12D53F@microsoft.com...
>>>> XP is about at the end of its life-cycle with microsoft,with SP3
>>>> being
>>>> the
>>>> last
>>>> big update,they probably are in no rush to release the final
>>>> version.Prolonging
>>>> has nothing to do with it,xp is a dead-duck with MS OS (almost),why
>>>> rush it
>>>> with SP3......
>>>>
>>>> "kurttrail" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> why bother RTM'ing XPSP3 at all, if manufacturers can only sell it
>>>>> with a
>>>>> new computer for another couple of months?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this a hint at MS prolonging XP's shelf life yet again? Not that
>>>>> I think that that would be a bad thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's hear your opinions.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peace!
>>>>> Kurt
>>>>> Former Self-anointed Moderator
>>>>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>>>>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> Still, it does seem a little curious to me that MS are producing an SP
>> for an OS that is about to go off the market. I cannot help but wonder
>> if they are secretly harbouring an intention to extend its availability
>> slightly, even just as a PR exercise so people will see them as
>> responsive to their customers. It wouldn't be the first time. On the
>> other hand, who knows what goes on the collective mind of MS?
>
> Not really. It actually could be considered a confirmation of XP going
> to the shelf. Just before you discontinue the sale of it and ramp down
> support for it you would want to roll up all the changes into SP3 in
> this case. So all future emergency patching will only reference SP3.
> That is simplify the patch level before it is mothballed to make testing
> of the odd security patches that will come later easier.
But then why bother with releasing it to OEMs first? Why not just
release it to the world, if MS's intention is just to mothball XP on June
30th?
--
Peace!
Kurt
Former Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
Why is XPSP3 being RTM'ed? 
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