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Microsoft had originally planned to pull the life plug of the iconic Windows XP by halting the sales of the Windows XP licenses by January 31st of 2009. Well there are reports that Microsoft will be extending the sales of those coveted Windows XP licenses till May 31st, 2009. Some people believe that the reason why Microsoft is extending the life line of Windows XP because of the horrendous experience of Windows Vista. Others believe that Windows XP came back into the limelight when netbooks were introduced into the market. Since these miniature laptops use slower, lower wattage processors, Windows XP is the ideal operating system for these netbooks. But probably the main reason why Microsoft is extending the Windows XP licenses till the end of May could be because they are waiting for the official unveiling of the highly anticipated Windows 7. Whatever the reason may be, you better pile up on those Windows XP licenses before they are extinct.

- Geoff

[Source: Gizmodo]