"the wharf rat" <wrat@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <exDFiq0tIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>,
> Mike Hall - MVP <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote:
>>
>>If a product is still a main part of the portfolio, a company will be
>>obliged to provide full support for it..
>>
>
> Why?
>


Apart from the updates, to keep XP alive, MS would have to produce the
installation media, manuals, packaging, all of which costs.

MS no longer want or need these costs as the employees are required to work
on Vista, Windows 7, and all of the other current and future product ranges

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