From: "Geo" 

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> Microsoft's legitimate policy of removing support for earlier OSs.  Given
> the length of time it took to get Vista out the door, XP won't be
> supported by the time the successor to Vista comes along.

that's assuming the successor to Vista comes from MS.. 

Geo.

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