Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Users fight to save Windows XP

Microsoft's operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire.

Fans of the six-year-old operating system set to be pulled off store shelves in June have <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_save_xp">papered the Internet with blog posts, cartoons and petitions</A> recently. They trumpet its superiority to Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest PC operating system, whose consumer launch last January was greeted with lukewarm reviews.

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