The Highlander Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Microsoft Confirms Windows XP SP3 The second service pack (SP 2) for Windows XP was a watershed release. Dropped in August 2004, it addressed a number of issues on the security side: turning Windows Firewall on, rather than off, by default, and including a pop-up blocker in Internet Explorer were two of the major changes. Those upgrades made a big difference in the public perception of XP, and sales, which had been steady, took off. As analyst Matt Rosoff of independent research company Directions on Microsoft said for a recent story, "People came on board with XP SP2. It's efficient; all the drivers are there; it works as it's supposed to work. It's been out five years now." Indeed, it works so well that it's cutting into Windows Vista business. Given XP's continued strength, it makes sense that Microsoft continues to support it, and it appears it will do so with SP3, which is scheduled to make an appearance in the first half of next year. Unfortunately, Microsoft is releasing few details about the service pack. According to an e-mail from a Microsoft spokesperson, "We're currently planning to deliver SP3 for Windows XP in the first half of CY2008. This date is preliminary, and we don't have any more details to share at this time." Several questions to Microsoft were left unanswered, including any timeline for beta releases, either public or private; new features, fixes or upgrades; and whether SP3 is a response to XP's continued market strength. However, in a May 21 press release about security protocols, Microsoft anticipated SP3 availability in 2007: "Microsoft is announcing that Windows Vista supports this protocol today and Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will support it as well later this year." Redmond magazine columnist Mary Jo Foley reported recently that Microsoft called that statement a "typo," giving new meaning to the word. XP SP1 was released in September 2002, less than a year from the product's launch, and slightly less than two years between SP1 and SP2. If SP3 meets the current launch window, it will be approximately four years between the latest service packs. There has been talk off and on over the past several years about Microsoft killing SP3. But given the latest pronouncements, and XP's surprising staying power, it seems clear that SP3 will become a reality. The only question now is when. source: http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=8875 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpabruce Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 [snip] XP portion of post: Indeed, it works so well that it's cutting into Windows Vista business. Given XP's continued strength, it makes sense that Microsoft continues to support it, and it appears it will do so with SP3, which is scheduled to make an appearance in the first half of next year. IMHO, the only thing crazier than upgrading to Vista would be loading XP SP3 on your computer. It isn't that I no longer trust MS, it's just that I no longer trust MS. When I got my first computer, DOS 5 had just come out. I have purchased all Microsoft OS upgrades since then, until Vista. I purchased them, almost the day they came out. XP has been rock solid for me, as I have said before. I don't feel the need to upgrade to disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 I have a hunch SP3 will include IE 7 and WinPlayer 11, and there will be no further WinXP updates without it. Fortuntely, my Win2K is doing fine. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Highlander Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Fortuntely, my Win2K is doing fine. Lynn Fortuntely, your not supported by Microsoft any more Win2K is doing fine, you should say Lynn... i love digging at microsoft.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 If memory serves me right, the last time I went googling for Microsoft update and retirement info (and lucked into the correct combination of words), Win2K will cease in 2010, and WinXP in 2011. I'm pretty sure they will shove IE 7 and WinPlayer 11 down WinXP, I'm not as sure (or just hoping?) it will get shoved into W2K. But if they do, UBUNTU. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 If memory serves me right, the last time I went googling for Microsoft update and retirement info (and lucked into the correct combination of words), Win2K will cease in 2010, and WinXP in 2011. I'm pretty sure they will shove IE 7 and WinPlayer 11 down WinXP, I'm not as sure (or just hoping?) it will get shoved into W2K. But if they do, UBUNTU. Lynn Speaking of which . . . after one week of playing with Ubuntu, I am absolutely LOVING it! Now when I boot into XP, it looks very foreign and clunky. Have several text editors to play with (to replace my favorite Windoze only one) and GIMP is starting to work out. Wish I had better news on the video front but nothing has impressed me so far. As pointed out in another thread, there's always "the competition" to fall back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Actually Sister, in Linux it ain't competition because there are NO other commercial apps of its ilk (but then it is commercial and there are the other free ones to use) Text editors on command prompt - I prefer nano myself (very simple to use) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I am liking Quanta+ best of all the text editors I'm trying out (others are Bluefish and Gedit). I'll be able to customize a toolbar with all my most often used markup tags and I should be good to go. I wasn't referring to Linux competition but the you-know-who competition - it was kind of an "in-house" dig. I sure wish that Roxio would offer a Linux version. I'm hoping that by the time I do another round of video editing, there will be better options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Oh I did catch on the the competition remark - as I said elsewhere I've been asking for a Linux version for ages now (and getting nowehere) GEdit and so on are fine (actually all the GUI text editors do what it says on the tin) but nano is a command line one - I don't know if you tried vim but that makes the old DOS edlin seem positively user friendly (I do use the command line interface at times rather than tyhe GUI - at least that is there if you want to fall back on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Oh I did catch on the the competition remark - as I said elsewhere I've been asking for a Linux version for ages now (and getting nowehere) Can you imagine trying to support a port, Daithi? (shudder). It's bad enough with semi-mature OSes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 It wouldn't be that hard really Brendon - Linux users are well up in beta testing really Seriously - all the Mac stuff is already produced for a *nix environment because OS X is just FreeBSD with a fancy locked down desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golinux Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Seriously - all the Mac stuff is already produced for a *nix environment because OS X is just FreeBSD with a fancy locked down desktop So let's start a RUMBLE! What's the best way to get the message across to the PTB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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