On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 07:30 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> On 1/26/07, David VanHorn <dvanhorn@microbrix.com> wrote:
> > Interesting development:
> >
> > http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/597889.htm
> >
> > Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will extend technical support of
> > its current Windows XP operating system, ahead of the imminent release of
> > the new Vista platform.
> >
> > Hmm.. Maybe they are feeling the tsunami of upgraders was not as high as
> > they hoped?
> 
> That is actually a very good thing. You can still use Windows XP
> for a long time. You will most likely get Windows Vista on new
> PCs soon but you can stick to XP with your existing PC.
> 
> Long term support for Linux is not that good. The paid support
> for Redhat RHEL are actually quite expensive. 

Every looked into how much MS charges for "support"? Trust me, RHEL will
seem like a BARGAIN when you tally how much getting support direct from
MS costs.

It's amazing that a company can provide a product, and then provide
almost zero free support for it.

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