Windows XP Staying Alive

Windows XP is being phrased out for Vista which has, so far,got a lukewarm welcome from many firms.Dell, Hp and Lenovo are exploiting loops holes in Microsoft's licensing terms to extend the operating system beyond June 30, 2008 the end of the life date.
The news come as Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer hints that XP could live longer if enough customers demand it.Dell is using a clause in the conditions for Windows Vista which lets it provide XP under the terms of a "downgrade license" for the Business and Ultimate versions of the new operating system.