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Dell touts Windows XP to 2009 - and 'likely longer'

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| The official June 30 cut-off date for Windows XP is getting even fuzzier,
| with Dell vowing to sell PCs running the operating system until "at least
| 2009".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06...cond_reprieve/

Buy Windows XP, Get Vista Free

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| Steve Ballmer seems to be recognising at last the reality of Windows Vista:
| that few are buying it. Here's his latest wheeze to try to get the installed
| base up: give it away
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolb...14&entryid=888


Recent:

Microsoft's Ballmer Touts Vista-To-XP Downgrade Program

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| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a unique sales pitch for the company's
| Windows Vista operating system -- if you don't like it, you can turn it into
| Windows XP.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=208402056
http://tinyurl.com/4auybc


Windows exec Poole leaving Microsoft (Update)

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| Microsoft senior vice president Will Poole, a longtime Windows executive, is
| retiring from the company, according to a report by ZDNet blogger Mary Jo
| Foley this afternoon. No confirmation from Microsoft yet. Â*
|
| Poole would be the latest executive to leave the company since Windows
| Vista's launch. Others include Rob Short and Michael Sievert. Â*
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/m...asp?source=rss


Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits As Redmond Exodus Builds

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| White did not provide a reason for his decision. To be sure, his position
| could not have been an easy one. White's posts often elicited hundreds of
| responses from Vista users complaining about the operating system's numerous
| glitches and quirks.
|
| His departure also raises questions about Microsoft's ability to retain
| talent in the Web 2.0 world.
|
| [...]
|
| Earlier this year, Microsoft Business Division president Jeff Raikes said he
| would retire in September, to be replaced by former Juniper Networks chief
| operating officer Stephen Elop.
|
| Microsoft's merger and acquisitions chief Bruce Jaffe stepped down at the end
| of February.
|
| To boot, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will give up full-time duties at the
| company in July.
|
| The departures highlight one of Microsoft's biggest challenges as a mature
| company: attracting and retaining Silicon Valley's top talent. In its early
| days, Microsoft could entice recruits with an entrepreneurial environment and
| stock options that eventually turned secretaries into millionaires.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/...on=All+Stories


Related:

Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu

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| Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is
| moving on, according to multiple sources of mine.
|
| It’s hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the
| worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn’t being pushed for the
| less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft’s latest version of
| Windows. Even though Microsoft has moved 100-million-plus copies of Vista,
| many consumers and businesses still consider the new release buggy, sluggish
| and incompatible with existing software and drivers.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1158
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