The 'preliminary' due date for the next collection of fixes and patches for Microsoft's desktop operating system is as more than a year later than many Company Watchers were expecting.
Microsoft has gone public with a tentative date for its third service pack for Windows XP. And that date — the latter half of 2007 — is considerably later than many company watchers were expecting.
Microsoft has published the due-date for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) on its Windows Lifecycle Web site. While Microsoft characterized the date as "preliminary," it is still as much as a year later than a number of customers, partners and industry analysts had been anticipating.

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Windows XP Service Pack 3: Not Until 2007