12,500 sign 'Save XP' petition
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| Within 36 hours of the full launch of InfoWorld's petition drive asking
| Microsoft not to discontinue Windows XP as planned on June 30, 12,621 people
| had signed the online petition.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/15/news-xp-petition_1.html
The following came under the headline "Why it's the best time to switch to
Linux":
Learn more on why XP should be saved
http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/archives/2008/01/learn_why_xp_sh.html
Yesterday:
Linux a greener alternative to a forced Vista move?
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| Lo, there's another alternative, one that has been pointed out by a some
| respondents to my previous post: Move to Linux.
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| For example, this comes from Gostak:
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| "I am suggesting VMware on Linux with your current crop of XP licenses.
| Mission-critical stuff that must run on XP is available, meanwhile you
| can be working on migrating everything to a native Linux environment that
| will not toss you on your keister in a few years. Further, the one big
| thing coming down the pike, 64-bit computing, is fully supported with
| Linux, so you don't have to worry about being able to fully utilize the
| next generation."
|
| It's an excellent point. Companies concerned both with sustainability and
| Microsoft's current ploy may indeed find Linux an appealing alternative. Some
| IT leaders out there have already observed that, among other things, Linux
| seems to have a "green" advantage over Windows in terms of energy efficiency.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2008/01/xp_linux_green.html?source=rss
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