XP gets backing from Microsoft partners
ZDNet | at | by Mike
Despite possible legal threats to Windows XP, more than 20 of Microsoft's OEM and ISV partners this week announced support for new features in the future OS. At a press conference in New York on Tuesday, Microsoft officials reaffirmed that XP will ship as planned on Oct. 25. Chris Jones, VP of Microsoft's Windows Division, reiterated the position, also delivered by Microsoft Group VP Jim Allchin this week, that Microsoft has made no "contingency plans" to unbundle any of the new features in response to potential court challenges.