Windows XP Gets Another Life Extension.

The article focuses on the strategy imposed by Microsoft Corp. to retain Windows XP in the market in the U.S. Accordingly, Microsoft has pushed out XP's availability by granting system builders a flexible delivery date beyond the official phase-out deadline of January 31, 2009. Customers may purchase Windows XP machines right up through June 2009. It is also making accommodation through a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders by January 31, 2009.