je ne vois pas pourquoi microsoft arréte windows xp , alors que vista est encore trés imparfait et instable .
ce n'est qu'une raison commerciale , juste pour faire du chiffre . microsoft se moque bien si le client est satisfait .
donc soyez trés trés nombreux a venir signer la pétition et a laisser unciommentaire .

bravo infoworld .

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I do not see why Microsoft is stopping Windows XP, while Vista is still very imperfect and unstable. It is only a commercial reason, just to make the numbers. Microsoft wins if the customer is satisfied.
So I hope very many people come sign the petition and add their comments. Bravo, InfoWorld.

I have the XP and want to keep it--we should have a choice of what we want from Microsoft, not have something shoved down our throats. Please leave things alone and give people the CHOICE of going to the Vista if they wish- or keep the XP.

Valerie C.

I come to you with a different scenario. I'm the head adminstraor for a game league. People who are buying new computers are finding that Vista blocks them from playing in a lot of the gaming sites. Even trying to add the site is not working. I do not have Vista at this time and am not able to help them. They pay for some of these games sites and are very unhappy that Vista is not fixing all the problems. We have a lot of other players that are retired or disabled and live on fixed incomes, and to force them to buy Windows Vista is really cutting them off from what ever social contacts they might have. I'm hoping this is taken into consideration. I remember when Windows 95 came in to effect and the crashes that occurred because very few programs were 95 comaptible and people unknowingly loaded those programs on their computers. I also remember when Windows 98 was considered the"upgrade" to windows ME, lol instead fo the other way around. We are now able to still use the older versions of windows and hopefully XP will be available too. I believe in technology and moving forward, but as a senior citizen, also kow how it is to live on a fixed income. More and more people over the ge of 60-65 are now online and getting with the use of computers. Hopefully you will consider these thngs before you force all to go to Windows Vista!!
Thanks for the time,
Sue

We're getting new laptops at work. After rolling out some with Vista, all the recent PCs have come with Windows XP on them. I just bought a Mac rather than upgrade my Windows laptop at home, but I will be using Windows for a long time at work. I've had to fix the software that I support so that it runs on Vista. But why? Vista has no compelling reason to upgrade.

Thanks Infoworld for this "Save XP". As we agree also in France, lots of website support your action : www.clubic.com, http://www.stanetdam.com/sauvons-windows-xp/

What is wrong with Microsoft anyway ?? $$$$$ ?? They put new versions of Windows on the market before they are even ready and working properly,and they keep patching and patching and patching it again, until it works decently, and then, as if it was not annoying enough to have all those patches,once it finally work well and everybody is use to it, they put up another new version for sale and almost force people to buy it. Even more,the new version is not even compatible with the software and hardware that we have, and if we want to have it, we have to update EVERYTHING, hardware and software. That is RIDICULOUS !!!!! Are they so money hungry that they don't even care about their customers anymore?? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!!! Let us keep Windows XP or many people will switch to another OS.!! And I am not even mentioning Internet Explorer -- don't get me started with that lemon!

I would like all the people that agree with me to respond and to sign this petition to save Windows XP. Let's show them that it is because of US that they are making billions of dollars and that we expect some consideration.!

there is a lot of things maybe wrong on xp
but I personally prefer winxp to the buggy vista
is is more flexible for my tasks and do not have to upgrade system and resources for drivers and spend some money mos of us users do not have.

Microsoft's attempts to get folk to use the latest operating system result in more powerful equipment being needed, which Microsoft take advantage of in the next generation, and so the spiral continues.

Users need to get off the spiral, make their equipment last longer (adding or replacing hard drives as necessary, increasing RAM as well), hang on to their operating system, and use third-party protection. This way they will not need to replace printers and other peripherals, upgrade their application software, nor undertake a re-learning process every few years. This can only be good for the environment and for both personal and corporate finances.

Microsoft would then need to produce a vastly superior, reliable and efficient operating system to entice folk to spend money on upgrading.

The software producers would be able to enhance the features of their products rather than play catch-up with Microsoft's changing interfaces, making their products more reliable and releasing them when ready instead of when needed by the next Microsoft offering.

Let's put aside Vista's bugs and annoyances for a moment since all new Windows releases had their teething pains. But, just for a moment.

My first gripe is Microsoft's decision to completely redesign the interface so that users and administrators had to relearn where common tasks are done. Was this really necessary? This whole Aero thing would have still looked beautiful without changing the way users were accustomed to doing work. To me, Microsoft tried too hard to make Vista look so superficially different from XP to dupe us into thinking we were getting something really special, (Hah!), that they went too far. But, this GUI redesign was just superficial and unnecessary.

My second gripe is performance. How much of that huge performance hit is due to Microsoft's draconian DRM implementation? I bet that every time you insert (any) CD, DVD, or rewritable optical drive, about 100 million lines of code is burning up CPU cycles just to check for a copyright signature or who-knows-what. DRM is a very emotional issue and is a discussion for other forums. (Besides, I'm an old fogey that still buys my CDs and DVDs.) But, Microsoft probably should have been neutral on this issue. Or, better yet, disassociate DRM technology from the OS and instead implement it in places where it belongs -- like Media Player, etc. At least you can uninstall that stuff. (Oh yeah -- Hah!)

But, I'm just speculating. Who knows how many hundreds of millions of lines of useless code are running in the background that have nothing to do with DRM? In short, Vista is bloated like a decaying carcass.

Okay. Back to bugs, (I mean features)...

I won't go into all those new-fangled network services few have heard of that are enabled by default. (It's not easy to find where they moved the Network Properties page. But, when you do find it, you'll see all this extra stuff.) I've had my share of funky networking problems. I've found that disabling all but IPv4 and Microsoft Network Client reduced setup headaches greatly.

Do I need to go on?

Eventually, we will all have to succumb to Vista whether we like it or not. By then, people will be used the new GUI and find XP to be "retro". (Or whatever the new lingo is.) New software will only work in Vista and old software will no longer be supported by their vendors. Hardware makers will stop XP driver support -- on and on.

On the other hand, by then, people, (and businesses), may change their relationship with the computer entirely. Windows XP may be the last of the Titans of a bygone era where the desktop ruled. Vista could be an instance of too *much*, too late.