Save Windows XP!

Surprisingly unnoticeable for the domestic computer-based press, a truly noble undertaking of the InfoWorld publication was born under the inspiring slogan “ Save XP ”. And, in the meantime, the idea embodied in this action is probably close to millions of people who had decided to upgrade their PC in the near future and were faced with the fact that it was almost impossible to find computers with Windows XP preinstalled. Although according to Microsoft's plans, manufacturers can sell the OEM version of this OS by the end of the year, the usual aggressive Vista has already replaced the familiar, up and down, studied and therefore almost native XP. And, starting from July 1 of this year, XP will disappear from the shelves and in the boxed version, leaving a whole generation of users with the feeling that they were taken from their old cozy worn slippers and gave instead of them lacquered heels, and for good money.

Not wanting to put up with this state of affairs, the editors of InfoWorld offered to loudly and decisively declare their protest against the actual forcible relocation on Vista, having signed a collective petition to Microsoft. Under pressure, as they say, of those PC makers, the company has already postponed the terms of giving XP to oblivion for half a year. "But this is not enough," says editor Galen Gruman. He believes that in our power to change the practice of tight continuity of versions of Windows. We believe and?