Windows XP Reloaded: The mystery deepens
eWeek | at | by Mike
Jim Allchin, Microsoft group vice president of platforms, in the manner of casual dinner conversation heard around the world, bypassed the company's normal protocol for product announcements on Thursday and revealed that there will be a new "Kit" from Microsoft, currently code-named Windows XP "Reloaded."
Officials at Microsoft are now scrambling to understand what the word "kit" means.
Jim, who is senior enough in the company to survive this ad-hoc product introduction, is evidently not taking calls. Microsoft's PR firm Waggener Edstrom wishes it had that choice, as it fields a firestorm of press calls that they weren't prepared to handle.