From: "Geo" 

Didn't I say that last time they announced a delay? They don't want you
using service packs, they want you using windows update so they can control
you and gather statistics on what you have on your computer.

Geo.

"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:4cgqj2trrnfjif7cbqgkb81arb21tq8d7q{at}4ax.com...
>
>
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/10/microsoft_delays_windowx_xp_
se.html
>
> "Microsoft quietly let it be known this week that it plans yet again to
> delay the release of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP users, this time until
> some point in the first half of 2008."
>
>    The march for MS to push XP into irrelevancy begins.  Just like the
lack
> of SP5 for W2K.

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