Windows XP Lives..

Microsoft says its customers have spoken, and they’re keeping open the Window on Windows XP for six more monthsEven before Windows Vista went on sale in January, many corporate computer professionals were expressing concerns about switching over to the new, more advanced operating system. At the time, Microsoft had said it would retire the program’s predecessor, Windows XP, in January 2008.But even though Microsoft has sold more than 60 million copies of Vista, the company is bowing to pressure to continue selling XP through next June. Company policy is to stop selling operating systems four years after their release. But since Vista was plagued by delays, Windows XP was five and a half years old by the time its successor hit the stores. Microsoft will stop selling XP next summer, but computer makers can continue selling it through January 2009.