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Infoworld had run the SAVE XP campaign last month to combat Microsoft’s decision in ceasing its production of Windows XP from June 30th this year thus, forcing users (Windows users) to move to the ever-problematic Vista. In the various revisions of Windows OS, Windows XP has by far the most secured Windows operating system (although with flaws but at least it was stable) ever released by Microsoft. And hell, alot of companies are refusing to migrate their systems to Vista due to its bugs and increased hardware requirements.

You can sign the petition here and vote that the release of Windows XP will still continue, parallel to that of Windows Vista.

The idea here is to show Microsoft that (not only Vista sucked) there is still a demand for Windows XP OS out there. According to Inforworld,

Don’t think Microsoft will listen? Consider this: Although Microsoft denies that anything is wrong with Vista or that most people don’t want it, the company has already postponed XP’s demise by six months. That’s a start, but it’s not good enough.

Microsoft doesn’t have to admit failure; it can just say it will keep XP available indefinitely due to customer demand. It can take that opportunity to try again with a better Vista, or just move on to the next version that maybe this time we’ll all actually want.

There is a precedent for that, too: In many respects, Vista is like the Windows Millennium Edition that was meant to replace Windows 98 in 2000 but caused more trouble than it was worth. At that time, Windows 2000 was promising but didn’t support a lot of hardware, so users were stuck between two bad choices. Without admitting Millennium’s failure, Microsoft quietly put Windows 98 back on the market until the fixed version of Windows 2000 (SP1) was available. Microsoft needs to do something like that again today.

Make your voice heard to Microsoft. Sign our petition to save XP today. We will present it to Microsoft.

So how did Microsoft reacted?

A spokesman told Inforworld, “We’re aware of it, but are listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs.” However, most of the feedback given through Infoworld had shown that they aren’t interested at all in migrating to Vista. 

Well, the spokesperson went on to say that Windows XP will not be entirely removed out of the market due to the fact that there are some customers who would still need more time before switching to Vista. And Windows XP OEM will still be available even after 30th June and system builders will still be able to choose Windows XP till January next year.

Alternate source: PCPRO.co.uk