Microsoft: XP SP3 won't arrive until '07

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:23 pm

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+XP+SP3+wo ... g=nefd.top

what's the point if they wait that long, all new machines, OEM, etc.. will have Vista on them, that'll be the new thing, to come out with SP3 for XP in 2007 is just stupid, either have it available this year, or don't bother

with all the money and resources MS has they sure do take their sweet time with this stuff

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:27 pm

Good. I'm still on SP1.

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:29 pm

Cabledude wrote:Good. I'm still on SP1 win98.

fixed

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:31 pm

still be plenty of PC's with XP on it way after Vista is out..

most businesses only upgrade their desktop PC's once every 3-4 years

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:33 pm

Lefty wrote:fixed

lol

At work, I still have 1 machine on 95 and like 8 on 98.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:12 pm

Cabledude wrote:lol

At work, I still have 1 machine on 95 and like 8 on 98.

Windows 95 sucked. Windows 95 SR1 was good.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:49 pm

Brent wrote:http://news.com.com/Microsoft+XP+SP3+wo ... g=nefd.top

what's the point if they wait that long, all new machines, OEM, etc.. will have Vista on them, that'll be the new thing, to come out with SP3 for XP in 2007 is just stupid, either have it available this year, or don't bother

with all the money and resources MS has they sure do take their sweet time with this stuff

Because they have a documented end of life policy that their maintenance contracts reference.

Remember, updates were just recently stopped for NT4

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:13 pm

cyberskye wrote:Because they have a documented end of life policy that their maintenance contracts reference.

'Zactly.

Just because a new product is out, doesn't mean they should stop supporting prior OS's.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:53 pm

Even though Vista is due late this year, it's unlikely that Vista final will be used on any oem system until mid 2007, except for high end systems. Just as in xp final, there will be delays in hardware manufactures providing Vista drivers. We are still in early in Vista beta currently and the pace is not moving all that quick.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:07 pm

ScottE wrote:Windows 95 sucked. Windows 95 SR1 was good.

It's 95c.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:15 pm

[quote="Cabledude"]It's 95c. ]

Oooh! Trying to remember that one...what was it, 95b, a few more stability fixes, and IE4.0 I think.

Then the unofficial custom 95d.."D" for "Dell, some OEM version.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:20 pm

[quote="Cabledude"]It's 95c. ]

It's gotta go!

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:23 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote: Then the unofficial custom 95d.."D" for "Dell, some OEM version.

Ya know that sounds familiar.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:55 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:'Zactly. Just because a new product is out, doesn't mean they should stop supporting prior OS's.

I do Release Management for my company - includes EoL. I know this pain personally. Maintaining multiple codestreams for the same product is really expensive.