Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 13th Aug 2007 21:38 UTC, submitted by flanque
Microsoft has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system's continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product activation keys. The new build, dubbed SP2c, includes no fixes or feature changes, but was created simply to address the shrinking pool of product keys. XP Pro SP2c, which has been released to manufacturing, will be made available to OEMs and system builders next month, said Microsoft.
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2006-02-17
But it doesn't fix the black hole of oem keys that were disabled with SP2. I certainly hope XP limps along for the next twenty years. Next to pre-XP WinNT's and the Win9x's, it will make a good stablemate. Too bad their vulnerabilities never got fixed. They're fine to use well into the future.
Edited 2007-08-13 21:53