Microsoft Delays Windows XP Service Pack 3 to 2008

Windows Service Pack Road Map was last updated on 17th Oct. 2006, with a major blow for all those, who were looking for the release of next Windows XP Service Pack 3, the SP3 is now planned for first half of calander year 2008.

Here is what appeared on the site:

Operating System	Preceding Service Pack	Current Service Pack and Date of Availability	Next Update and Estimated Date of Availability
Windows NT Workstation & Windows NT Server 4.xx	SP5	SP6a and SP6a SRP¹ November 30, 1999	Windows NT 4.XX is now out of support and Microsoft is no longer producing public monthly security updates or service packs.²
Windows 2000 Professional & Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server³	SP3	SP4 June 26th 2003 Update Rollup #1 for SP4 June 28, 2005	No further updates planned. Customers must be running SP4 to continue to receive monthly security updates. Microsoft recommends updating SP4 machines to Update Rollup #1 (KB891861).
Windows XP Home Edition	SP1	SP2 August 6, 2004	SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary.
Windows XP Professional	SP1	SP2 August 6, 2004	SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary.
Windows Server 2003	Original Release	SP1	SP2 Q1 2007