Microsoft To Stay Windows XP Retirement?

The Windows Vista complaints (too hardware hungry, too slow, too different, too incompatible, etc.) have been long, loud and consistent. So long, loud and consistent that everything from grassroots Save XP campaigns to corporate requests for continued access to Windows XP licenses are being heard in Redmond.

Ultimately it's the corporate requests for continued access to the older OS that will extend its life, if Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's latest comments are any indication. June 30th may well prove not to be a line in the sand, as Microsoft's previously stated.

Love your XP? Never fear, mainstream technical support continues through April 2009, with limited (patch and security support) scheduled through April 2014.