Microsoft just can't Kill XP
If you can't kill it, at least try to figure out how to make money off it.
That appears to be the lesson Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has learned from Windows XP recently.
The company announced Tuesday that, given the demand for XP on so-called "ultra low-cost PCs," or ULCPC, it is extending availability of XP to a new category of ULCPC which it refers to as "nettops." (Pronounced 'net tops.')
These are bare bones, extremely low-priced desktop PCs – and not only for students and emerging markets any more, but also for developed markets, such as low-cost nodes on home networks in the U.S. The edition of XP on offer is XP Home, however, not XP Professional.
