Microsoft has extended the availability of Windows XP on new PCs by six months, the company confirmed today.The best part is this quote, which lies somewhere between doubleplus ungood and the memory hole:
Computer makers that "downgrade" machines from Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate to Windows XP Professional will be able to obtain media for the latter through the end of July 2009, a Microsoft spokeswoman said Friday.
The new date is a change in policy. Previously, Microsoft had planned to halt XP Professional media shipments to major computer makers after Jan. 31, 2009...
It's also possible that XP will be widely available long after July 31, 2009. "Downgrade rights do not expire," Microsoft's spokeswoman said Friday.
The longer availability puts Microsoft in an unusual position; the new time line will make it possible for users to purchase XP-powered PCs through next July, just months before Microsoft plans to roll out Windows 7, the successor to Vista.
"As more customers make the move to Windows Vista, we want to make sure that they are making that transition with confidence and that it is as smooth as possible. Providing downgrade media for a few more months is part of that commitment."Which would be like saying something along these lines 40 years ago: "As more komrades are movink to glorious East Berlin, das Party are vantink to make schure they are make transition smoothski. Allowink them remain in korrupt West Berlin for few more months ist part of das kommitment."
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I read the doublethink quote out loud to my wife. She LOL'd. Thank you veddy much.
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