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fishfishstinks wrote in to ask me with the release of XP SP3… will Microsoft soon stop supporting and updating XP altogether?

The answer is… yes. Eventually, it will happen, as it does with all old operating systems. When will that happen? I have no idea. I am fairly sure that this will be the last actual Service Pack for Windows XP. But, they’ll still issue critical updates and things of that nature. The next Microsoft Operating System is due somewhere in 2009. Will we see it then? Eh… I’m not sure we’ll get it quite that soon.

Apple doesn’t issue service packs for their operating system. Rather, they issue point updates. Their new version of OS X is due out shortly… Leopard.

Ubuntu just released GutsyGibbon, which is Ubuntu version 7.10.

What operating system are you using? Do you plan to switch in the near future? Do you think each of these companies handle their updates and new versions well, or is there a better way they could do things?

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