Today, June 30, Microsoft stops selling Windows XP at retail and major PC vendors, and will stop offering it as an option for consumers who buy new PCs. By coincidence, this change came three days after Microsoft founder Bill gates retired from his job as Chief Software Architect, but neither Gates nor XP are completely removed from the scene.
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Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code, it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame. Adding features, plugging security holes, fixing bugs, fixing the fixes that never worked properly, all while maintaining compatibility with older software and hardware — is there anything Windows doesn’t try to do?
On Monday, Microsoft will stop selling copies of the operating system to retailers and computer manufacturers. There are exceptions: Until June 2010, manufacturers of limited and lower-cost computers can place Windows XP Home on the machines, and small businesses that custom-build PCs will be able to install XP on computers through Jan. 31, 2009.
The countdown is nearly over: Monday marks the long-awaited date after which PCs preloaded with Windows XP will no longer be available. But now that the date is imminent, does anybody care? The segment of Windows users that cares about XP’s end of life — business customers — isn’t affected by this date and can still get its hands on XP for the foreseeable future.
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