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Microsoft will drop free support for handful of aging products next week, including consumer versions of Windows XP and Office 2003. On April 14, the Redmond giant ends "mainstream" support for Office 2003 in addition to Windows XP Home and Professional. This means the software will no longer include no-charge incident support, warranty claims, design changes, and bug fixes not related to security. After next week, consumer XP and Office 2003 will be put into an "extended support" phase, which means customers will need to pay for Microsoft assistance on a per-incident, per hour, or alternative basis. Security updates will still be provided for free for Office 2003 and XP Home and Professional until August 4, 2014. After that, the software is retired and users are on their own. Customers can still get non-security critical fixes if they've enrolled in Microsoft's Extended Hotfix Support program. However, they must purchase the Hotfix agreement within 90 days of mainstream support ending - so it's rather late for that now. On April 14, Microsoft is also "retiring" Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, meaning it will no longer provide support for the release. In other words, time to upgrade to SP2. Mainstream support for Exchange Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise edition will also end April 14. Extended support dies April 8, 2014. More products to have support axed include: Office 2000: Mainstream support ended in 2004. Extended support ends July 14, 2009. Windows 2000 Server: Mainstream support ended in 2005. Extended support ends July 13, 2010. Office 2007: Mainstream support ends April 10, 2012. Extended support ends April 11, 2017. Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, and Ultimate: Mainstream support ends April 10, 2012. Extended Support doesn't yet have a deadline. Windows Vista Business: Mainstream support ends April 2012. Extended support ends April 11, 2017. See complete list in the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Index
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It's sad, I completely HATE office 2007; Office 2003 was tolerable... Office XP was nice...
Now you get to Windows, where Microsoft even hates Vista, that you don't really have a supported option lol...
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I loved office 2000 and server 2000.
And XP pro was the best ever so far.
But I guess Billy needs to make another few billion.
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It amuses me though that they're going for all this eye candy, to waste more and more memory on your system... when there are free alternatives to their "ever growing in price" products (OpenOffice anyone?)
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You know what is funny is Bill gates will. Supposedly he is only leaving a couple hundred million to his heirs. The rest of his billions will be going to charity, So if you think about it, every upgrade you purchase goes to charity. 
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Yeh, and who's name is on the charities  ... lol
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Yea I think it was just a ploy by Mr. Gates to justify his billions.
But who are we to say.
I don't have 50 billion in my bank account.
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The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. This year the world's billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23% in 12 months. The world now has 793 billionaires, down from 1,125 a year ago.
After slipping in recent years, the U.S. is regaining its dominance as a repository of wealth. Americans account for 44% of the money and 45% of the list's slots, up seven and three percentage points from last year, respectively. Bill Gates lost $18 billion but regained his title as the world's richest man. Warren Buffett, last year's No. 1, saw his fortune decline $25 billion as shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell nearly 50% in 12 months. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helú maintains his spot in the top three but lost $25 billion. Yes [color=green]OpenOffice 3.0 is a great free alternative but is miles behind MS Office in overall power and features. It is also quite slow compared to MS Office. But if you don't have the money to shell out or don't have the higher requirements of the advanced features then it is an excellent alternative.
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It amuses me though that they're going for all this eye candy, to waste more and more memory on your system... when there are free alternatives to their "ever growing in price" products (OpenOffice anyone?) Love openoffice. It can export to just about any other software!!! I dont use them that much to miss MS office, but for what I do it is great.
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you'd think Warren Buffett would have had the foresight to sell at 20% lol As for Open Office; I don't really use office enough to warrant needing "advanced features" 
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