Semi-good news

Microsoft has let the expiration date on Windows XP slip a little further, but unfortunately only for OEM’s on cheap/weak computers.

More at The Register.

My feeling is that Microsoft is slipping in a lot of areas right now and alternatives are being examined where there is possibility to do so.

Vista is/was probably a big mistake, and key features are being turned off in a lot of larger environments for the sake of compatibility with older applications.

The problems companies are facing with this operating system is not very far from what they would be facing if switching to an open source solution as many components need to be rewritten in whole.

The world is changing and there are alternatives to resource-hogging and expensive software. You wanna stay in the game? Then get with it.