Honest MS staff

[cookie_monster]

It's rare to see honesty on the general sales pages but i've found an example

 

just as not everyone was happy to see Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME retire (OK, perhaps not ME ).

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/future.aspx

[webman]

Last year you told us you weren't quite ready to say goodbye to Windows XP. We listened. That's why we delayed our plan to stop selling it until June 30, 2008.

 

Not exactly. Translates as:

 

Last year we realised that Linux was gaining even more market share, especially on ultra-portable notebooks such as the Eee PC. We noticed. That's why we're still selling XP through hardware vendors to keep our finger in the pie, and because Vista is a bloated dog and won't run on them at all.

[cookie_monster]

Yeh i only ment the Windows ME bit