Microsoft has granted a reprieve to Windows XP, extending the deadline for PC makers to obtain licenses for the operating system through the end of May 2009, reports dbtechno.com.

The previous deadline had been Jan. 31, according to BBC News.

Though XP was supposed to disappear by January 2008, the unpopularity of Vista has kept Redmond extending the life of its predecessor. Many PC makers had been thwarting Microsoft’s deadlines by offering XP “downgrades” from Vista, anyway.

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Posted in Software by Ciprian | December 22nd, 2008